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

• Recant Developments of TiO_2 Series Humidity-Sensing Materials at Home and Abroad
  TiO2系湿敏材料的国内外研究进展
• 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。
• In recant years, there is an increasing demand for design of intelligent instruments with higher performance.
  近年来，新的应用也对智能仪表的设计提出了更高的要求。
• 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。
• No Christian has ever been known to recant on his deathbed.
  从未听过有任何一位基督徒在临终时放弃信仰的。
• 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。
• The torture can not make the man recant.
  拷问者不能使那个人放弃他的主张。
• 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。
• What if I had to get you to recant?
  如果我想让你放弃你的信仰，怎么办？
• 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。