...a man who had refused after torture to recant his heresy.是什么意思？

...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

man

n. 男人，人类，男子汉，雇工；vt. 使振作，操纵，给…配置人员，在…就位；int. （表示惊讶、气愤等）嘿，天哪；

例句
Derek was taken aback when a man answered the phone.
德里克吓了一跳，居然是一个男的接的电话。

who

pron. 谁，什么人，关系代词，有先行词，孰；

例句
The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848.
法国末代国王是1848年逊位的路易·菲力普。

had

v. 有（ have的过去式和过去分词 ），（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

refused

v. 拒绝，回绝( refuse的过去式和过去分词 )，推却，回绝，拒绝给（所需之物）；

例句
The army refused to accept orders from the political leadership...
军队拒绝接受政界领导层下达的命令。

after

prep. …后的，（表示时间）在…以后，（表示位置、顺序）在…后面；conj. 在…以后；adv. 以后，继后；adj. 后来的，以后的；

例句
Her lover walked out on her after she had aborted their child.
她的情人在她打掉胎儿后甩了她。

torture

n. 拷问，折磨，痛苦，（精神上或肉体上的）折磨；vt. 使痛苦，使苦恼，使焦急，曲解；

例句
For many, the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.
对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

recant

vt. 撤回（声明），放弃（信仰或主张）；

例句
...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

his

pron. (he的所有格)他的，(he的物主代词)他的东西；det. 属于他的，用于名词前，自己的，指某人的，上帝的；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

heresy

n. 异端邪说，异教，异端；

例句
Mellors was preaching heresy and had to be immediately defrocked.
梅勒斯宣扬异端邪说，不得不立即免去其圣职。