Recant
[ ri'kænt ]
出国 Abroad
vt. 撤回（声明），放弃（信仰或主张）;
💡 词根助记
re往后+cant唱，歌 → 撤消
📝 例句
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。
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。
The torture can not make the man recant .
拷问者不能使那个人放弃他的主张。
recant one's former beliefs, heresies
宣布放弃以前的信仰、 异教信仰.
However, life would be pleasanter if Rhett would recant his heresies.
不过，如果瑞德放其他的那套异端邪说，生活就会惬意得多。
🌱 联想助记
【记】re-谐音“阿姨”,cant-can’t不能:阿姨不能放弃以前的信仰或声明
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
recant
v[I, Tn]
(fml 文)
(a) formally reject (a former opinion, belief, etc) as being wrong宣布放弃（以前的意见、 信仰等）
recant one's former beliefs, heresies 宣布放弃以前的信仰、 异教信仰.
(b) take back or withdraw (a statement, an opinion, etc) as being false 撤回, 撤销（声明、 意见等）（因不正确）.
🔁 扩展释义
*[ri'kænt]vt. 放弃vi. 放弃信仰, 撤回声明, 公开认错【法】 宣布放弃, 宣布撤回, 撤回声明
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Okay, you're the doctor.
好吧。 听你的。 （doctor: 在此泛指某方面的专家。 本句意思是: 你是专家， 就听你的好了。 ）
It's nothing. Don't mention it.
区区小事，何足挂齿。
Fortunately for them, the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog.
对英国人来说，值得庆幸的是英国银行有一个残钞鉴别组，负责理那些把钱塞进机器或塞给狗的人提出的索赔要求。