英 [ʌnˈseɪ] 美 [ʌnˈseɪ]
vt. 撤回,收回;取消
第三人称单数unsays
现在分词unsaying
过去式unsaid
过去分词unsaid
unsay /ʌnˈseɪ/
动词 to retract or withdraw (something said or written) 收回; 取消
... back away 逐渐后退 unsay 取消 call back 回电话 ...
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
你不能不说一句伤害人的话。
I will never unsay my words.
我决不收回自己所说的话。
What is said cannot be easily unsay.
说出来的话不易取消。
Once something has been said electronically, it becomes very hard to unsay it, a fact that political bloggers know well (they are fond of using the Internet Archive and Google's cache to catch surreptitious changes made to websites by embarrassed officials).