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

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