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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- profess
[prəʊˈfes]
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vt.
以……为业，执业
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She professes organic chemistry.
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她教授有机化学。
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2.
verb
声称信奉，宣称拥护
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The terrorists professed allegiance to their country.
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这些恐怖分子公开宣称效忠他们的国家。
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He professes to be a communist.
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他宣称要成为一名共产主义者。
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3.
vi.
承认，供认
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4.
vt.
表明，表示
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The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades.
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这位老师承认，在给学生打分上，他不很大方。
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5.
vt.
接受……入教，准予……加入教团
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6.
vt.
宣誓，立誓
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She professed herself as a nun.
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她宣誓做一名修女。
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7.
verb
冒充，自称
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He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt.
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他开始宣称自己是无辜的，后来又承认了他的罪行。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- profess
[prə'fεs]
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vb
to affirm or announce (something, such as faith); acknowledge
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to profess ignorance
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to profess a belief in God
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2.
vt.
[tr]
to claim (something, such as a feeling or skill, or to be or do something), often insincerely or falsely
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to profess to be a skilled driver
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3.
vt.
to receive or be received into a religious order, as by taking vows
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4.
vt.
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin profiteri to confess openly, from pro-1 + fateri to confess
Examples
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to profess Christianity
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声称信奉基督教
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to profess a belief in God
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自称不知情
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profess ignorance
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自封为诗人
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proclaim oneself a poet; profess to be a poet
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