网络释义英英释义
profess [ prəu'fes ]
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v.
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practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
"She professes organic chemistry"
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confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
"The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"
- admit, make a clean breast of
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state freely
"The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"
- receive into a religious order or congregation
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take vows, as in religious order
"she professed herself as a nun"
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state insincerely
"He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"
同义词： pretend
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practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
profess /prəˈfɛs/ CET6+ TEM8 ( professing, professed, professes )
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V-T If you profess to do or have something, you claim that you do it or have it, often when you do not. (常不真实地) 声称 [正式]
例：She professed to hate her nickname.
她声称讨厌她的绰号。
例：Why do organizations profess that they care?
为什么一些组织声称他们关心呢？
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V-T If you profess a feeling, opinion, or belief, you express it. 表示 (某感情、观点、信仰等) [正式]
例：He professed to be content with the arrangement.
他表示对该安排满意。
例：Miller professed himself dissatisfied with Broadway theatre.
米勒表示他对百老汇剧院不满。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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For decades the storage disk providers have been professing the death of tape.
存储磁盘供应商十几年来一直信奉磁带已死。
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Although professing to be bored by these evenings, Picasso went on attending them until 1925, if only to satisfy the social aspirations of his wife, Olga.
尽管毕加索表示对这些夜间舞会感到很是无聊，但只要能够满足他妻子奥尔加的社交渴望，他都是一如既往地参加，直到1925年。
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At China's 60th anniversary bash last month, Zhang Yuanyuan, a China-born, permanent resident of Singapore, was caught on camera professing her love for her native country.
上月中国国庆60周年庆典中，出生中国的新加坡永久居民张元元在电视上表达了她对祖国的热爱。
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Is it Balzac the author professing "literary" ideas on femininity?
是否作者巴尔扎克的文学理论是建立在女性主义之上的？
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