及物动词
1. 取回;找回
If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it.
2. 使重新回到,挽回(某种局面)
If you manage to retrieve a situation, you succeed in bringing it back into a more acceptable state.
3. (计算机、大脑)检索,搜索(信息)
To retrieve information from a computer or from your memory means to get it back.
1. recall knowledge from memory
have a recollection
e.g. I can't remember saying any such thing
I can't think what her last name was
can you remember her phone number?
Do you remember that he once loved you?
call up memories
Synonym: rememberrecallcall backcall uprecollectthink
2. run after, pick up, and bring to the master
e.g. train the dog to retrieve
3. go for and bring back
e.g. retrieve the car from the parking garage
4. get or find back
recover the use of
e.g. She regained control of herself
She found her voice and replied quickly