renounce

/rɪˈnaʊns/📚 10920 187 1托福
If you renounce a belief or a way of behaving, you decide and declare publicly that you no longer have that belief or will no longer behave in that way. 宣布放弃 (信仰、行为方式)

verb [vt. 及物动词]声明放弃,抛弃;<法律>(尤指继承人或受托人)放弃(权利或地位);拒绝承认,拒绝遵守;宣布与…断绝关系,宣布摒弃

After a period of imprisonment she renounced terrorism.
被监禁了一段时间后她宣布放弃恐怖主义。

re(反) + nounce(讲话, 通告) → 反过来宣布 → 拒绝承认
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Said by: Voltairewhen asked by a priest to renounce Satan. 出自:伏尔泰,他临终前,一位牧师请他与撒旦断绝关系。
In doing so, they renounce something of their own potential story. 这样一来,本来可能发生的什么故事就和他们断绝了关系。
They renounce the world, towns, sensualities, pleasures, vanities, pride, interests. 他们放弃社交、城市、感官的享受、快乐、虚荣、傲气和利益。