| 釋義 |
recant /n'kaent; n'kaent/ vt, vi [VP6A, 2A] give up (an opinion, a belief); take back (a statement) as being false: 放棄 (意見，信仰); (因其不實(shí)而) 撤簫 (一聲明)： The torturers could not make the man ~, give up his beliefs, eg religious or political. 施酷刑者不能使那個(gè)人放棄其 (宗敎或政治) 信仰。 recantation /jrkaen'teifn; ikaen'tejan/ n [U] ~ing; [C] instance of this; statement disavowing former beliefs. 放棄信仰或意見; 撤銷聲明; 放棄或撤銷之實(shí)例; 放棄原信仰的聲明。 |