1、except

除了…之外

I wouldn't have accepted anything except a job in Europe.

除了到歐洲工作外，我本來什么都不會接受。

I don't take any drugs whatsoever, except aspirin for colds.

我什么藥都不吃，除了感冒時吃阿司匹林。

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，他什么都沒吃。

Everyone was late, except for Richard.

除了理查德，其他所有人都遲到了。

2、retrieve

取回;找回

He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat.

他伸手從后座上取回了自己的夾克。

The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.

士兵們正試圖找回軍隊從該島撤退時留下的武器。

（計算機、大腦）檢索，搜索（信息）

Computers can instantly retrieve millions of information bits.

計算機可以立即檢索到數百萬條信息。

As the child gets older, so his or her strategies for storing and retrieving information improve.

隨著孩子們長大，他們儲存和檢索信息的能力也會提高。