recant是什么意思？

recant

英[rɪˈkænt] 美[rɪˈkænt]

• vt. 撤回（声明），放弃（信仰或主张）；

第三人称单数：recants;

过去式：recanted;

过去分词：recanted;

现在分词：recanting;

名词：recantation;

例句

• rather die than recant 宁死不改变信仰
• 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.
• 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。
• ...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
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  公开放弃（信仰或意见）
  If you recant, you say publicly that you no longer hold a set of beliefs that you had in the past.
  例句
  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。 ...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

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  撤回(声明),放弃(信仰或主张)
  rather die than recant 宁死不改变信仰

英英词典释义

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