• vt. [计] 检索；恢复；重新得到
• vi. 找回猎物
• n. [计] 检索；恢复，取回

来自古法语 retreuver,索回，找到，来自 re-,再，重新，trouver,找寻，找到，来自俗拉丁语*tropare, 找寻，词源同 trove,contrive.引申词义检索数据。

retrieve

retrieve: [15] To retrieve something is etymologically to ‘re-find’ it. The word comes from retreuv-, the stem of Old French retrover. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘again’ and trover ‘find’ (ancestor of modern French trouver and source of English troubadour and trove, as in treasure trove). Its original application in English was to dogs refinding game that had been temporarily lost (hence the term retriever [15]).
=> troubadour, trove

retrieve (v.)

early 15c., retreve, originally in reference to dogs finding lost game, from Middle French retruev-, stem of Old French retreuver (Modern French retrouver) "find again, recover, meet again, recognize," from re- "again" (see re-) + trouver "to find," probably from Vulgar Latin *tropare "to compose" (see trove). Altered 16c. to retrive; modern form is from mid-17c.

1. He is the one man who could retrieve that situation.

他是唯一能挽回局面的人。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Computers can instantly retrieve millions of information bits.

计算机可以立即检索到数百万条信息。

来自柯林斯例句

3. She bent to retrieve her comb from the floor.

她弯腰从地上捡起她的梳子。

来自《权威词典》

4. He did his best to retrieve the situation, amidst some laughter.

他在哄笑中尽力挽回尴尬的局面.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He was determined to retrieve his honor.

他决心恢复名誉.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》