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单词 retrieve
释义
retrieve
(rɪtrv )
Word forms: retrieves , retrieving , retrieved
1. verb
If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it.
He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. [VERB noun]
The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: get back, regain, repossess, fetch back  
2. verb
If you manage to retrieve a situation, you succeed in bringing it back into a more acceptable state.
He is the one man who could retrieve that situation. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: redeem, save, rescue, repair  
3. verb
To retrieve information from a computer or from your memory means to get it back.
Computers can instantly retrieve millions of information bits. [VERB noun]
As children older, their strategies for storing and retrieving information improve. [VERB noun]
Collocations:
retrieve a key
You could retrieve the key from her relatively easily with an excuse about having lost your set and vague promises to get new ones cut that never appear.
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Jump pads are often required for getting past certain obstacles or reaching a ledge to retrieve a key, etc.
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This was always won as the strongest swimmer would retrieve the key.
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The adventurers had to untie this and then retrieve the key that was at the end.
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In the second round, the four castaways would use a stick to retrieve a key suspended above on a metal spring.
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retrieve an item
After the group left the restaurant, one of the diners returned to retrieve an item that had been left behind.
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She was swept away while trying to retrieve an item she had dropped in the river.
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Thus, a user would not be restricted to one identifying search term in order to retrieve an item.
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Robotic cranes retrieve an item on request and deliver the item to the service desk for collection.
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Having crawled under their house to retrieve an item, he tripped over something sticking up from the dirt.
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Translations:
Chinese: 找回
Japanese: 回収する
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