retrieve是什么意思,retrieve怎么用

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📰 外刊例句

Theodore Berger of the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, has proposed that brain implants might be used to store and retrieve memories. 洛杉矶南加州大学的西奥多·伯格提出,人脑植入物也许可用来存储和提取记忆。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[verb] get or bring (something) back; regain possession of
[动词] 取回或带回(某物);重新拥有……


💡 深入解读

Retrieve 一词源自古法语retreuver(再次发现、恢复、重新见到、认出)的词干retruev-,于15世纪初进入英语,最初用来表示猎犬等“找到并衔回”被击中的或受伤的猎物(game

从这个概念出发, retrieve 便用来泛指“取回、索回、领回、收回、重新得到”,常用搭配 retrieve sth from sb/sth 作正式用语使用,多意味着经过不懈努力(assiduouseffort)后从不该在的地方取回某物,

比如:

She bent to retrieve her comb from the floor.她弯腰从地上捡起她的梳子。

The industrious police officer has managed to retrieve some of the stolen money.那位勤勉的警官已经设法追回了部分被盗钱款。

to retrieve information from the database除了取回实物以外,从17世纪40年代起, retrieve 也被用来引申指“追忆、回忆”,即在脑海中回想某事,使之重新浮现在脑海。现在这个概念则常用在计算机领域表示“检索、搜索”,即从计算机储存器中找到并取回信息、数据、资料等,比如:从数据库检索资料

此外, retrieve 还可以用来喻指“挽回、挽救、补救、纠正”,多指在犯下某个严重的错误或问题之后设法改正或改善,从而使情况、局面等恢复到一种令人满意的状态,比如:挽回损失

retrieve a loss

纠正错误

retrieve an error

重振精神

retrieve one's spirits

The venerable old man is the one man who could retrieve that situation.那位德高望重的老人是唯一能挽回局面的人。

We will deepen international cooperation to combat corruption and establish an integrated mechanism for pursuing fugitives, preventing escape, and retrieving stolen assets.权威用例深化反腐败国际合作,一体构建追逃防逃追赃机制。

出自党的二十大报告(双语全文)

recoup: regain (something lost or expended) rectify: put right; correct salvage: retrieve or preserve (something) from potential loss or adverse circumstances同近义词


🔍 同近义词

  • recoup: regain (something lost or expended)
  • rectify: put right; correct
  • salvage: retrieve or preserve (something) from potential loss or adverse circumstances
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