recant 英 [rɪˈkænt]   美 [rɪˈkænt]

recant

recant  英 [rɪˈkænt] 美 [rɪˈkænt]

vi. 宣布放弃;公开认错  vt. 放弃;撤回 

进行时:recanting  过去式:recanted  过去分词:recanted  第三人称单数:recants 

We should recant all opinions which are in conflict with those proclaimed by the central leadership. 我们应当放弃所有与中央领导所宣布的有抵触的意见。
For form’s sake, Luther was first invited to recant. 出于形式,路德先是被要求公开认错。

  • If you're someone who speaks before you think, you may need to recant, or take back, that overly honest assessment of your friend's new haircut.
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  • vi. 宣布放弃;公开认错
  • vt. 放弃;撤回
  • 1. We should recant all opinions which are in conflict with those proclaimed by the central leadership.

    我们应当放弃所有与中央领导所宣布的有抵触的意见。

  • 2. For form’s sake, Luther was first invited to recant.

    出于形式,路德先是被要求公开认错。

  • 3. My political activist friends have called me on this, and I promised to recant any suggestion on these pages that political activism is a waste of time and energy.

    我的政治活动家朋友们已经这么指责我了,我答应收回认为发挥政治能动性是在浪费时间和精力的任何意见。

  • recant (v.) 1530s, from Latin recantare "recall, revoke," from re- "back" (see re-) + cantare "to chant, to sing" (from PIE root *kan- "to sing"). A word from the Reformation. Loan-translation of Greek palinoidein "recant," from palin "back" + oeidein "to sing." Related: Recanted; recanting.
re·cant / rɪˈkænt ; NAmE rɪˈkænt / verb [transitive ,  intransitive ] recant(sth) ( formal) to say, often publicly, that you no longer have the same belief or opinion that you had before 公开宣布放弃(原先的信仰、观点等) re·can·ta·tion recantation recantations / ˌriːkænˈteɪʃn ; NAmE ˌriːkænˈteɪʃn / noun [countable ,  uncountable ] recant recants recanted recanting re·cant / rɪˈkænt ; NAmE rɪˈkænt / re·can·ta·tion / ˌriːkænˈteɪʃn ; NAmE ˌriːkænˈteɪʃn /
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