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White House officials ordered Williams to recant.

白宫官员命令威廉斯公开宣布放弃自己的观点。

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For form’s sake, Luther was first invited to recant.

出于形式，路德先是被要求公开认错。

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。