recant

recant

英 [rɪ'kænt]
　　美

vi. 宣佈放棄；公開認錯
　　vt. 放棄；撤回

中文詞源：

recant 公開聲明放棄，撤消

re-,向後，往回，-cant,唱，吟唱，詞源同 chant,cantor.比喻用法。

例句：

1. White House officials ordered Williams to recant.
白宮官員命令威廉斯公開宣佈放棄自己的觀點。

2. Though he was forced to change his religion,he would not recant.
雖然強迫他改變宗教信仰，但他絕不改變。

3. However, life would be pleasanter if Rhett would recant his heresies.
不過,如果瑞德放其他的那套異端邪說, 生活就會愜意得多.

4. Editorials would demand that he either recant or retire from public life.
社論會提出要求,他要麼宣佈放棄信仰,要麼從公共生活中隱退.

5. Smedley immediately went to court, forcing the army to recant publicly.
史沫特萊立即走上法庭, 迫使軍方不得不公開撤回指控.