recant
- IPA[rɪˈkant]
英式
- say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical
verb: recant, 3rd person present: recants, gerund or present participle: recanting, past tense: recanted, past participle: recanted
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical heretics were burned if they would not recant Galileo was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun 同義詞 反義詞
- 更多解釋
- IPA[rəˈkant]
美式
- say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical: heretics were burned if they would not recant Galileo was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun
Oxford American Dictionary
