英 [rɪˈkænt] 美 [rɪˈkænt]
vi. 宣布放弃；公开认错
vt. 放弃；撤回
第三人称单数recants
现在分词recanting
过去式recanted
过去分词recanted
recant /rɪˈkænt/ [ recanting recanted recants ]
及物动词/不及物动词 If you recant, you say publicly that you no longer hold a set of beliefs that you had in the past. 公开放弃(信仰)
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.
...遭受酷刑后仍拒绝放弃其异教信仰的一名男子。
... annul 废除 recant 放弃主张 resile 弹回 ...
... cant术语；暗语（唱出来的话→暗语） recant撤消； accent口音；重音 ...
recantation 改变论调；取消前言
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。
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。
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。
If it happens, I hereby recant this story and become a believer in predictions.
However, Bishop Williamson has indicated he will not immediately comply with the Pope's demand that he recant.
ExxonMobil (nyse: XOM - news - people ) is under intense pressure to recant.