professes

英 [prəˈfesɪz]

美 [prəˈfesɪz]

v.  妄称; 伪称; 声称; 宣称; 公开表明; 信奉，信仰(某一宗教)
profess的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 自称；伪称；谎称；妄称
  If youprofess todo or have something, you claim that you do it or have it, often when you do not.
  1. She professed to hate her nickname...
     她自称痛恨自己的外号。
  2. Why do organisations profess that they care?...
     为什么机构都谎称自己对此很关心？
  3. 'I don't know,' Pollard replied, professing innocence.
     “我不知道，”波拉德回答说，谎称自己是无辜的。
  4. ...the Republicans' professed support for traditional family values.
     共和党人自称的对传统的家庭价值观的支持
• VERB 表达，表明（感情、观点、信仰等）
  If youprofessa feeling, opinion, or belief, you express it.
  1. He professed to be content with the arrangement...
     他对这个安排表示满意。
  2. Bacher professed himself pleased with the Indian tour.
     巴奇尔表示对印度之行很满意。
  3. ...a right to profess their faith in Islam.
     表明他们的伊斯兰教信仰的权利

双语例句

• He professes himself to be sad but doesn't look it.
  他自称感到悲伤，但外表却看不出来。
• Even a bride who professes delight with her groom's boyishness'will tire of being the only adult in the family if her husband doesn't grow up soon.
  甚至一个为其新郎的“孩子气”而表示高兴的新娘，如果她丈夫不尽快成长成熟，她也会因为她是家中唯一的大人而厌倦的。
• It professes that those parts of the universe already laid down absolutely appoint and decree what the other parts shall be.
  它表明，宇宙中已确定的部分绝对地指向且规定了其他部分的性质。
• He has been here these two years, and will not tell who heis, or whence, but professes that he does not go by his right name.
  这两年到这里的，他从不说他是谁，或是从何而来，但却对人声称他用的名字不是他的真名。
• The gazpacho tastes good, and Dilnot professes to enjoy his ham.
  西班牙凉菜汤的味道很不错，迪尔洛特也表示自己的火腿很不错。
• He rarely switches on to hear any of the classical music her professes to be so keen on. I hate hiking and I'm not into classical music.
  他很少收听他声称感兴趣的古典音乐。我不喜欢徒步旅行，对古典音乐兴趣。
• He professes that the global economy suffers from a critical shortage of safe assets.
  他表示，安全资产的严重匮乏，令全球经济遭受打击。
• In the production notes, Mr. Tsai professes to have become tired of cinema.
  在拍摄笔记中，蔡明亮承认自己已经厌倦了电影。
• How could I make such a proposition, especially to a woman who always professes to be so entirely disinterested?
  我怎么能提出这样的一项建议呢，特别是对一个总自认为对金钱毫无兴趣的女人？
• That a historian subscribes to a political ideology does not make him a politician, any more than a historian who professes a religion is necessarily a priest.
  正如信仰宗教的史学家未必就是一名神职人员，认同某种政治意识形态的史学家也不一定会成为政客。