词典释义：
get (something) back; regain possession of
收回，找回；重新得到
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I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden .我被打发去他的花园里把球捡回来。
pick (something) up
拾起，捡起
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Steven stooped and retrieved his hat .史蒂文弯腰拾起帽子。
(of a dog)find and bring back (game that has been shot)
（狗）找到并衔回（中枪猎物）。
bring (something) back into one's mind
回忆，追忆
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the police hope to encourage him to retrieve forgotten memories .警察希望鼓励他想起已经忘记的事情。
find or extract (information stored in a computer)
检索（计算机存储信息）。
put right or improve (an unwelcome situation)
（不好局面的）纠正，补救，挽回
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he made one last desperate attempt to retrieve the situation .他孤注一掷，试图挽回局面。
[no obj.]reel or bring in a fishing line
收绕钓鱼线。
an act of retrieving something, especially game that has been shot
（尤指中枪猎物的）找回。
an act of reeling or drawing in a fishing line
钓鱼线的收绕。
[mass noun]
〈古〉 恢复的可能性
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he ruined himself beyond retrieve .他彻底地毁了自己。
"late Middle English （in the sense ‘find lost game', said of a hunting dog）： from Old French
