recant
recant
[rɪˈkant]
verb
recantation
[ˌriːkanˈteɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
recanter
noun
语源
[rɪˈkant]
verb
- [no obj.]say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical
放弃主张（或信仰，尤指被视为异端的主教或信仰）
heretics were burned if they would not recant.
异教徒不肯放弃信仰就被烧死。
[with obj.]Galileo was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun.
伽利略被迫放弃地球围绕太阳转的断言。
recantation
[ˌriːkanˈteɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
recanter
noun
语源
- mid 16th cent.: from Latin recantare 'revoke', from re- (expressing 'reversal') + cantare 'sing, chant'
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