recant
英[r?'k?nt]
美
- vi. 宣布放棄；公開認錯
- vt. 放棄；撤回
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?recants;過去式:?recanted;過去分詞:?recanted;現在分詞:?recanting;名詞:?recantation;
中文詞源
recant 公開聲明放棄，撤消
re-,向后，往回，-cant,唱，吟唱，詞源同 chant,cantor.比喻用法。
英文詞源
- recant (v.)
- 1530s, from Latin recantare "recall, revoke," from re- "back" (see re-) + cantare "to chant" (see chant (v.)). A word from the Reformation. Loan-translation of Greek palinoidein "recant," from palin "back" + oeidein "to sing." Related: Recanted; recanting.
雙語例句
- 1. White House officials ordered Williams to recant.
- 白宮官員命令威廉斯公開宣布放棄自己的觀點。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自辭典例句
- 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.
來自飄（部分）
- 4. Editorials would demand that he either recant or retire from public life.
- 社論會提出要求,他要么宣布放棄信仰,要么從公共生活中隱退.
來自辭典例句
- 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.
來自辭典例句