re·trieve /rɪˈtriv/
(vt.)取回,挽回,彌補,恢復,補償,回憶(vi.)找回獵物取回,恢復的希望
retrieve
取回;檢索;擷取
Re·trieve, n.
1. A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.]
2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term. [Obs.]
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Re·trieve v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrieved p. pr. & vb. n. Retrieving.]
1. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.
With late repentance now they would retrieve
The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. --Dryden
2. To recall; to bring back.
To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits. --Berkeley.
3. To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge.
Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. --Prior.
There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved. --Burke.
Syn: -- To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore.
Re·trieve v. i. Sport. To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve.
retrieve
v 1: get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control
of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
[syn: recover, find, regain]
2: of trained dogs
3: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "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"
[syn: remember, recall, call back, call up, recollect,
think] [ant: forget]