recant
音标发音
- 英式音标 [rɪˈkænt]
- 美式音标 [rɪˈkænt]
- 国际音标 [ri'kænt]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vi. 宣布放弃；公开认错
- vt. 放弃；撤回
词根记忆
- re(反) + cant(唱)→唱反调→放弃(信仰)
- re(反) + cant(唱)→唱反调→放弃
同根派生
- n性质的同根词
- recantation：改变论调；取消前言。
英汉例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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. - 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。 - They could not make him recant.
他们无法使他改变自己的意见.
词组短语
- recant faith 公开放弃信仰
- recant declare 撤销声明
- recant t 放弃撤回
- recant detail 撤回主张
- rather die than recant 宁死不改变信仰
短语
英英字典
- to announce in public that your past beliefs or statements were wrong and that you no longer agree with them
- If you recant, you say publicly that you no longer hold a set of beliefs that you had in the past.