Divers were able to retrieve the ancient amphora from the shipwreck, preserving it for display in the maritime museum.
潜水员成功从沉船中取回了古老的双耳瓶，并将其保存在海事博物馆中展出。
- New Caledonian crows have been observed bending wire into hooks to retrieve food from narrow tubes.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “retrieve”?
C — Get back, recover. “retrieve” means get back, recover.
Which word means “get back, recover”?
C — retrieve. “retrieve” means get back, recover.
retrieve — get back, recover. In Chinese: 取回，恢复.
retrieve is pronounced /rɪˈtriːv/.
Divers were able to retrieve the ancient amphora from the shipwreck, preserving it for display in the maritime museum. (潜水员成功从沉船中取回了古老的双耳瓶，并将其保存在海事博物馆中展出。)
recover, regain, reclaim — all close in meaning to retrieve (get back, recover).
lose, abandon — each the opposite of retrieve (get back, recover).
Yes. retrieve is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
re(again)+trieve(recover)