recant

英 [rɪˈkænt]      美 [rɪˈkænt]
  • vi. 宣布放弃;公开认错
  • vt. 放弃;撤回
星级词汇:
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recant 公开声明放弃,撤消

re-,向后,往回,-cant,唱,吟唱,词源同 chant,cantor.比喻用法。

recant (v.)
1530s, from Latin recantare "recall, revoke," from re- "back" (see re-) + cantare "to chant" (see chant (v.)). A word from the Reformation. Loan-translation of Greek palinoidein "recant," from palin "back" + oeidein "to sing." Related: Recanted; recanting.
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. 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。
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.
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.
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.

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