recant
发音
英 [rɪˈkænt]
美 [rɪˈkænt]
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- vt.
- 撤回(声明),放弃(信仰或主张)
单词词源
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。
双语例句
- 1. Their stories strengthened her will to recant .
- 他们的故事加强了她放弃主张。
- 2. Recant one 's former beliefs , heresies .
- 宣布放弃以前的信仰、异教信仰。
- 3. What if I had to get you to recant ?
- 如果我想让你放弃你的信仰,怎么办?
- 4. Do you plan to recant on your deathbed ?
- 你是否打算撤回在你的死床上?
- 5. 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,但他绝不改变。