英语词汇“recant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

recant

/rɪˈkant

verb [no object]

Say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical: heretics were burned if they would not recant [with object]: Galileo was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun...

It reminds me a little bit of the Welsh side of my family who a generation back refused to learn Welsh or take Welsh culture seriously, and are now recanting.
But not one of Jesus's early disciples who believed that they had met Jesus after the resurrection ever recanted.
He initially backed them up but later recanted, telling prosecutors there was no agreement.

Synonyms

renounce, forswear, disavow, deny, repudiate, renege on, abjure, relinquish, abandon

archaic forsake

change one's mind, be apostate, defect, renege

rare apostatize, tergiversate

retract, take back, withdraw, disclaim, disown, recall, unsay

Derivatives

recanter

/rɪˈkantə/ noun ...

That, of course, brings the number of recanters to three.
Such recanters often retained a substantial element of Anabaptist thought and ethic.
As for the recanters who have accused someone of sexual abuse and then said it wasn't true - each case must be evaluated separately and independently.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin recantare 'revoke', from re- (expressing reversal) + cantare 'sing, chant'.

单词	recant
释义	recant /rɪˈkant / verb [no object] Say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical: heretics were burned if they would not recant [with object]: Galileo was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun... It reminds me a little bit of the Welsh side of my family who a generation back refused to learn Welsh or take Welsh culture seriously, and are now recanting. But not one of Jesus's early disciples who believed that they had met Jesus after the resurrection ever recanted. He initially backed them up but later recanted, telling prosecutors there was no agreement. Synonyms renounce, forswear, disavow, deny, repudiate, renege on, abjure, relinquish, abandon archaic forsake change one's mind, be apostate, defect, renege rare apostatize, tergiversate retract, take back, withdraw, disclaim, disown, recall, unsay Derivatives recanter /rɪˈkantə/ noun ... That, of course, brings the number of recanters to three. Such recanters often retained a substantial element of Anabaptist thought and ethic. As for the recanters who have accused someone of sexual abuse and then said it wasn't true - each case must be evaluated separately and independently. Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin recantare 'revoke', from re- (expressing reversal) + cantare 'sing, chant'.
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