recant是什么意思

2024-02-04 09:36:17

recant

美[rɪkænt] 英[rɪkænt]

v. 放弃主张；撤回；公开宣布

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

近义词：annul，retract，takeback，renounce，repudiate，disavow，withdraw，deny，revoke，abjure，resile，forswear，

Verb

formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;
"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion" "She abjured her beliefs"

The torture can not make the man recant.拷问者不能使那个人放弃他的主张。
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。