1、except
除了…之外
I wouldn't have accepted anything except a job in Europe.
除了到欧洲工作外,我本来什么都不会接受。
I don't take any drugs whatsoever, except aspirin for colds.
我什么药都不吃,除了感冒时吃阿司匹林。
除了;除…之外;唯有
He hadn't eaten a thing except for one forkful of salad.
除了一餐叉色拉,他什么都没吃。
Everyone was late, except for Richard.
除了理查德,其他所有人都迟到了。
2、retrieve
取回;找回
He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat.
他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。
The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.
士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。
(计算机、大脑)检索,搜索(信息)
Computers can instantly retrieve millions of information bits.
计算机可以立即检索到数百万条信息。
As the child gets older, so his or her strategies for storing and retrieving information improve.
随着孩子们长大,他们储存和检索信息的能力也会提高。