| 释义 |
recant /n'kaent; n'kaent/ vt, vi [VP6A, 2A] give up (an opinion, a belief); take back (a statement) as being false: 放弃 (意见，信仰); (因其不实而) 撤箫 (一声明)： The torturers could not make the man ~, give up his beliefs, eg religious or political. 施酷刑者不能使那个人放弃其 (宗敎或政治) 信仰。 recantation /jrkaen'teifn; ikaen'tejan/ n [U] ~ing; [C] instance of this; statement disavowing former beliefs. 放弃信仰或意见; 撤销声明; 放弃或撤销之实例; 放弃原信仰的声明。 |