recant

英 [rɪˈkænt]

美 [rɪˈkænt]

v.  公开宣布放弃(原先的信仰、观点等)

过去式：recanted　过去分词：recanted　现在分词：recanting　第三人称单数：recants　

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BNC.35980 / COCA.19446

牛津词典

verb

• 公开宣布放弃（原先的信仰、观点等）
  to say, often publicly, that you no longer have the same belief or opinion that you had before

柯林斯词典

• VERB 公开放弃（信仰或意见）
  If yourecant, you say publicly that you no longer hold a set of beliefs that you had in the past.
  1. White House officials ordered Williams to recant.
     白宫官员命令威廉斯公开宣布放弃自己的观点。
  2. ...a man who had refused after torture to recant his heresy.
     受严刑折磨后仍拒绝放弃其异教信仰的人

英英释义

verb

• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
  1. He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
  2. She abjured her beliefs
  Synonym:abjureforswearretractresile

双语例句

• AIM: To summarize and analyze the clinical curative effect and usage method of chitosan biological fluid dressing ( CBFD) in recant years.
  目的：总结与分析近年来壳聚糖生物流体敷料膜在临床领域中的疗效及使用方法。
• Smedley immediately went to court, forcing the army to recant publicly.
  史沫特莱立即走上法庭，迫使军方不得不公开撤回指控。
• Though he was tortured to make him change his religion, the prisoner would not recant.
  那囚犯虽受酷刑迫他改变他的宗教信仰，但他决不改变过来。
• The torture can not make the man recant.
  拷问者不能使那个人放弃他的主张。
• When one examines the actual experiences of urban conservation in recant Japan one may realize that historical office buildings of the 1920's and the 1930's are in great danger of demolition due to proposed district redevelopment.
  对近期日本的城市保护工作的实际加以考察，就会发现由于大量再开发项目列入计划.近代历史性办公建筑濒临拆毁的绝境。
• If you recant your confession.
  这对你和你的儿子都有好处。
• However, life would be pleasanter if Rhett would recant his heresies.
  不过，如果瑞德放弃他的那套异端邪说，生活就会惬意得多。
• Galileo was accused of heresy in1633 and forced to publicly recant his theories.
  伽利略的学说1633年被指控为异端邪说，他被迫公开表示放弃自己的观点。
• Editorials would demand that he either recant or retire from public life.
  社论会提出要求，他要么宣布放弃信仰，要么从公共生活中隐退。
• White House officials ordered Williams to recant.
  白宫官员命令威廉斯公开宣布放弃自己的观点。