1530s, from Latin recantare "recall, revoke," from re- "back" (see re-) + cantare "to chant" (see chant (v.)). A word from the Reformation. Loan-translation of Greek palinoidein "recant," from palin "back" + oeidein "to sing." Related: Recanted; recanting.
雙語例句
1. White House officials ordered Williams to recant.
白宮官員命令威廉斯公開宣布放棄自己的觀點。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Though he was forced to change his religion,he would not recant.
雖然強迫他改變宗教信仰，但他絕不改變。
來自辭典例句
3. However, life would be pleasanter if Rhett would recant his heresies.
不過,如果瑞德放其他的那套異端邪說, 生活就會愜意得多.
來自飄（部分）
4. Editorials would demand that he either recant or retire from public life.
社論會提出要求,他要麽宣布放棄信仰,要麽從公共生活中隱退.
來自辭典例句
5. Smedley immediately went to court, forcing the army to recant publicly.