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recant

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v.放弃

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recant为短语/超纲词汇

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动词过去式:recanted 过去分词:recanted 现在分词:recanting 第三人称单数:recants 名词:recantation

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cant=to sing(唱歌) 变化型 chant,cent

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recant


/rɪ'kænt; rɪ`kænt/
v [I, Tn] (fml 文)
(a) formally reject (a former opinion, belief, etc) as being wrong宣布放弃(以前的意见、信仰等)
*recant one's former beliefs, heresies 宣布放弃以前的信仰、异教信仰.
(b) take back or withdraw (a statement, an opinion, etc) as being false 撤回, 撤销(声明、意见等)(因不正确).

recant


v [I and T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: recantare, from cantare 'to sing']
formal to say publicly that you no longer have a political or religious belief that you had before
>recantation [,riːkæn'teɪʃən/
1. Though he was tortured to make him change his religion, the prisoner would not recant.
    那囚犯虽受酷刑迫他改变他的宗教信仰,但他绝不改变。

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