profess

美音:[prə'fes] 英音:[prə'fes]

简单释义:


v.宣称;信奉;妄称;伪称

网络声称;表示;承认

变形:

过去分词:professed  现在分词:professing  第三人称单数:professes  


完整释义:


v.

1.表示,明言,声言,宣布;承认;自称
2.声言,宣言;表明信仰;承认;〔英口〕(在大学)教书
3.公开承认;公言;明言具有(信念;喜好;愚昧;兴趣等):
4.以…为业;〔英国〕教授(化学等)
5.信奉,奉为
6.假装,佯装
7.宣说;夸耀
8.拘泥
9.公开表明;声称
10.表白信仰(某宗教;基督):


例句:

  1. He concluded ruefully that it was "arrogant and rash" to profess virtues that you cannot live up to, and retreated into indolent seclusion.
    他懊悔地总结道,宣称自己信奉不能修行到的美德是非常“自傲和轻率的”。最终,他选择隐居,不理世事。

  2. People close to PCCW profess to be baffled by the whole affair, which at the very least has complicated a clean exit for Mr Li.
    接近电讯盈科的人士表示,整个事件令人困惑,这至少让李泽楷利落的退出变得复杂起来。

  3. the implication being that if you publicly profess yourself to be handsome, talented and rich, nothing less than exceptional is acceptable.
    如果你在公共场合宣称自己貌比潘安,才华横溢而且钱多难数,那一些人很难接受你没有发挥出超地球人水平。

  4. And neither were the sabbaths kept, nor the solemn days of the fathers observed, neither did any man plainly profess himself to be a Jew.
    并且不准遵守安息日,不准举行祖传的庆节,连承认自己是犹太人也不许可。

  5. Like the patriarchs of old, those who profess to love God should erect an altar to the Lord wherever they pitch their tent.
    那些自称爱上帝的人应像古时的先祖一样,无论在何处支搭帐棚,总要为耶和华筑一座坛。

  6. In fact, most people who try to get me to see their version of the light never bother to ask what faith or philosophy I already profess.
    事实上,多数人试图让我看他们关于光明的解释,而且从未操心地问过我,我所皈依的信仰或者哲学体系是什么。

  7. The very thing he would profess to hate about my way of looking at things.
    这些正是我看待事情的方法,也是他声称痛恨的东西。

  8. Obama entered office. As a group, Tea Partiers profess an almost single-minded determination to cut government spending and limit taxation.
    作为一个组织,茶党运动意志坚决地希望削减政府支出,限制税收。

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