recant 详细解释

recant

[ri'kænt]

v.放弃主张,撤回,公开宣布

词形变化

名词: recantation | 动词过去式: recanted | 动词过去分词: recanted | 动词现在分词: recanting | 动词第三人称单数: recants |

词义辨析

同义参见:

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英英释义

动词 recant:

formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

同义词：abjure, forswear, retract, resile

补充

recantrecant英:[riˈkænt] 美:[rɪˈkænt]vt.1.撤回(声明), 放弃(信仰或主张)

例句

1. White House officials ordered Williams to recant.白宫官员命令威廉斯公开承认错误。 2. He's now completely recanted his earlier statement.他现在已完全放弃了早先的声明。 3. a man who had refused after torture to recant his heresy一位饱受酷刑仍拒绝放弃异教信仰的男子 4. We should recant all opinions which are in conflict with those proclaimed by the central leadership.我们应当放弃所有与中央领导所宣布的有抵触的意见。 5. Though he was forced to change his religion,he would not recant.虽然强迫他改变宗教信仰，但他绝不改变。 6. heretics were burned if they would not recant.异教徒不肯放弃信仰就被烧死。 7. [with obj.]Galileo was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun.伽利略被迫放弃地球围绕太阳转的断言。 8. Church officials asked the minister/priest to recant.教会官员们要求那位牧师公开放弃以往的信仰。 9. Witnesses threatened to recant their testimony when the court released their names to the paper.法院把证人的名字透露给报社后，证人们威胁要公开撤回证词。

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