The speaker suddenly made a recantation and left us all rather confused.

演讲人突然改变论调，把我们都搞糊涂了。

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They regarded the request for delay as merely the prelude to his recantation.

也认为他延期的请求就是他反悔的先声。

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He renounced his former recantation and, as a dying man, solemnly required an opportunity to make his defense.

这次耶罗米否定了他第一次的反悔，并以临死者的身份要求有机会为自己辩护。

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Father Dimitry himself never satisfactorily explained his recantation, though it ended his mission as a dissident priest.

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But it also tried hard to discredit Mr Mehlis, most dramatically by televising a key witness's supposed recantation.

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Mr Cameron said the recent review of the system by its original architect, Baroness Warnock, was "a stunning recantation".

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