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

• Four days later, back in his Munich offices and more relaxed, he again professes himself happy with the deal, which gives Allianz a 30 per cent share of the enlarged Commerzbank as well as a larger asset management business.
  4天后，回到慕尼黑办公室的迪克曼更为放松，他再次表示自己对这笔交易十分满意安联得到扩大后德国商业银行30%的股份，资产管理业务规模也得到扩大。
• However, for every foreigner that professes to know something of China, there must be10,000 or more that know nothing, and the distinction between the Asian nations become blurred.
  然而对每个自称其对中国略有了解的外国人来说，还有数以万计的更多外国人多中国一无所知，而且他们对亚洲国家之间存在的差异是非常模糊。
• For her part, Shakira professes her love for African music, saying, African music is so inspiring and is poised to take its place on the global pop culture stage.
  对于夏奇拉而言，她公开表明对非洲音乐的热爱：非洲音乐极具感召力，在全球流行文化舞台上始终保持着举足轻重的地位。
• Science professes to draw no conclusions but such as are based on matters of fact, things that have actually happened;
  科学声言只能对基于事实即实际上已经出现的事物的问题下结论；
• 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。
• She professes to be a friend.
  她称自己是个朋友。
• The Author of our religion everywhere professes himself the wretch's friend.
  我们宗教之主到处都说过，他是世上可怜人的真朋友。
• He professes to be the inventor of this machine.
  他冒充是该机器的发明者。
• She professes not to be interested in money.
  她声称对钱不感兴趣。
• 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。