Recant

[rɪ'kænt]

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.

(v. i.) To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.

乔整理

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Retract, revoke, recall, annul, abjure.

v. n. Unsay what has been said, eat one's words.

手打:索菲

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Retract, unsay, recal, revoke, abjure, renounce

ANT:Propound, profess, assert, declare, enunciate, vindicate, maintain, hold,retain

編輯:韦斯利

解釋/意思:

v.t. to withdraw (a former declaration): to retract.—v.i. to revoke a former declaration: to unsay what has been said esp. to declare one's renunciation of a religious belief which one formerly maintained.—ns. Rēcantā′tion act of recanting: a declaration contradicting a former one; Rēcant′er.

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