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recant

英[rɪ'kænt] 美[rɪ'kænt]
  • v. 放弃主张;撤回;公开宣布
recantation recanted recanted recanting recants
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详细释义

Verb:
  1. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;

    "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"
    "She abjured her beliefs"

双语例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 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。

来自辞典例句

3. However, life would be pleasanter if Rhett would recant his heresies.
不过,如果瑞德放其他的那套异端邪说, 生活就会惬意得多.

来自飘(部分)

4. 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.

来自辞典例句

5. 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.

来自辞典例句

    1. The torture can not make the man recant.
      拷问者不能使那个人放弃他的主张。
    2. 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。

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