| 释义 |
recant /rɪkænt/ [transitive, intransitive] (formal) (especially in the past) to say publicly that you no longer have the same belief or opinion（尤指旧时）公开宣布放弃（原先的信仰或观点）◆in 1633 he was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun.他在 1633 年被迫公开宣布放弃地球围绕太阳运转的断言。recantsee ⇨ change/not change 25 |