recant是什么意思_recant怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"
"She abjured her beliefs"

中英词源

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。

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.

词态变化

第三人称单数 recants;
过去式 recanted;
过去分词 recanted;
现在分词 recanting;
名词 recantation;

权威造句

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。

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.

近反义词

annul 废除

retract 缩回

take back 收回

renounce 声明放弃

repudiate 拒绝

disavow 否认

withdraw 撤回

deny 否认

revoke 撤回，取消，废除...

abjure 发誓弃绝

resile 弹回

forswear 发誓放弃

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