v.声称； 冒称； 以 ... 为业； 正式接受入教； 表明信仰 副词：professedly过去式：professed过去分词：professed现在分词：professing第三人称单数：professes

profess双解释义

profess

v.(动词)

vt. 声称; 公开表明 claim sth, often falsely; state openly

Verb

practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about;

"She professes organic chemistry"

confess one's faith in, or allegiance to;

"The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"
"he professes to be a Communist"

admit (to a wrongdoing);

"She confessed that she had taken the money"

state freely;

"The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"

receive into a religious order or congregation

take vows, as in religious order;

"she professed herself as a nun"

state insincerely;

"He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"
"She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"
"She pretends to be an expert on wine"

profess词语用法

profess例句

profess搭配

v.(动词)profess的基本意思是“声称”,指在有反对意见的情况下明确陈述,本词的特征在于是区别于官方声明(declare)的个人陈述。profess有时含有所谓的或不真实的意味。profess是及物动词,可接抽象名词、动词不定式、that从句作宾语,还可接以to be+ n./adj./v -ed充当补足语的复合宾语。可用于被动结构。 用作动词(v.)

They have become what they profess to scorn.
他们成了自己曾声称看不起的那种人。

Those who today pretend to be Christ's followers hypocritically profess to carry out those teachings now.
今天那些冒牌的基督教徒假惺惺地声称他们现在要实行这些教导。

～+名词

profess one's faith
表明宗教信仰

profess a gaiety
显示出快乐

profess Islam
表白信仰伊斯兰教

profess modern languages
打算教授现代语

profess total ignorance
自称一无所知

～+副词

profess boldly
冒失地声称

profess gaily
愉快地显示

profess shamelessly
无耻地自称

profess vainly
含糊地表白

profess近义词

confess claim maintain allege contend admit own own up acknowledge agree allow recognize air testify say pretend concede suppress

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