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

• 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？
• 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。
• Father, red sorghum claims to cure your fever; the age-old walnut tree professes.
  父亲，红高粱说要治好您的发烧，老核桃树说。
• 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。
• She has come with a cautious promise that Huawei will eventually reveal more about its owners, and also professes an open mind towards eventually taking the company public.
  她做出谨慎承诺：华为将最终透露更多有关其所有者的信息，并声称对于最终的上市持开放态度。
• 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。
• The company put me in touch with a "quintessential mistress" named Jackie ( at least she wanted to be named Jackie for the purposes of this column) who professes total satisfaction with Ashley Madison.
  公司安排我和一个叫Jackie的“典型情妇”接触（至少因为这个专栏的目的，她希望叫Jackie），她对阿什利·麦迪逊网站完全满意。
• 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。
• 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。
• The words of the sign of the Cross include the doctrine of the Holy Trinity; the action professes that our Lord Jesus Christ died nailed to a cross to redeem mankind.
  圣号经的言语，包含天主三位一体的道理，画十字，表明吾主耶稣为救赎人类，被钉十字架上死。