recant

verb

1. 公开宣布放弃（原先的信仰、观点等）
   to say, often publicly, that you no longer have the same belief or opinion that you had before

1. VERB 公开放弃（信仰或意见）
   If you recant, you say publicly that you no longer hold a set of beliefs that you had in the past.
   1. White House officials ordered Williams to recant.
      白宫官员命令威廉斯公开宣布放弃自己的观点。
   2. ...a man who had refused after torture to recant his heresy.
      受严刑折磨后仍拒绝放弃其异教信仰的人

1. White House officials ordered Williams to recant.
   白宫官员命令威廉斯公开宣布放弃自己的观点。
2. Alan Greenspan appeared then to partially recant when he told Congress in 2009 that he now doubted the models of rational behaviour on which he had long relied.
   艾伦格林斯潘（AlanGreenspan）当时似乎改变了部分信仰。2009年，他告诉美国国会，他现在对长期以来一直信赖的理性行为模式产生了怀疑。
3. However, life would be pleasanter if Rhett would recant his heresies.
   不过，如果瑞德放弃他的那套异端邪说，生活就会惬意得多。
4. Released and paraded around the capital, she refused to recant. Instead, she repeated her accusations.
   她非但不放弃信仰，相反，她不屈从于对她的指控。
5. No Christian has ever been known to recant on his deathbed.
   从未听过有任何一位基督徒在临终时放弃信仰的。
6. In the past, the church ordered people charged with heresy to be burned to death if they did not recant.
   过去，教会命令，要是那些被控异端的人不放其其信仰的话就把他们烧死。
7. What if I had to get you to recant?
   如果我想让你放弃你的信仰，怎么办？
8. He was offered the opportunity to recant, but in good conscience he could not.
   他被提供机会去放弃信仰，但良心让他做不到。
9. If you recant your confession.
   这对你和你的儿子都有好处。
10. The recant development trend of production and application& thermo plastic elastomer ( TPE) in taran are introduced.
    介绍了日本最近热塑性弹性体的生产，应用的开发动向。
11. Smedley immediately went to court, forcing the army to recant publicly.
    史沫特莱立即走上法庭，迫使军方不得不公开撤回指控。
12. Galileo was accused of heresy in1633 and forced to publicly recant his theories.
    伽利略的学说1633年被指控为异端邪说，他被迫公开表示放弃自己的观点。
13. The torture can not make the man recant.
    拷问者不能使那个人放弃他的主张。
14. Though he was tortured to make him change his religion, the prisoner would not recant.
    那囚犯虽受酷刑迫他改变他的宗教信仰，但他决不改变过来。
15. Editorials would demand that he either recant or retire from public life.
    社论会提出要求，他要么宣布放弃信仰，要么从公共生活中隐退。
16. When one examines the actual experiences of urban conservation in recant Japan one may realize that historical office buildings of the 1920's and the 1930's are in great danger of demolition due to proposed district redevelopment.
    对近期日本的城市保护工作的实际加以考察，就会发现由于大量再开发项目列入计划.近代历史性办公建筑濒临拆毁的绝境。
17. AIM: To summarize and analyze the clinical curative effect and usage method of chitosan biological fluid dressing ( CBFD) in recant years.
    目的：总结与分析近年来壳聚糖生物流体敷料膜在临床领域中的疗效及使用方法。
18. In recant years, there is an increasing demand for design of intelligent instruments with higher performance.
    近年来，新的应用也对智能仪表的设计提出了更高的要求。
19. Recant Developments of TiO_2 Series Humidity-Sensing Materials at Home and Abroad
    TiO2系湿敏材料的国内外研究进展

verb

1. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
   1. He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
   2. She abjured her beliefs

   Synonym:    abjureforswearretractresile