Profess
[ prə'fes ]
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vt. 声称;宣称;公开表明;信奉;
📝 例句
I profess that I was surprised at the news.
我承认这消息使我惊讶.
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
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📖 牛津释义
profess
v
(fml 文)
1 [Tn, Tf, Tt, Cn.a]
claim (sth), often falsely 声称, 自称, 伪称, 妄称（某事物）
I don't profess expert knowledge of/to be an expert in this subject. 我并不自诩对这一问题内行[是这一问题的专家].
She professed total ignorance of the matter. 她自称对那事一无所知.
He professed that he knew nothing about the plot. 他声称对该阴谋毫不知情.
2 [Tn, Cn.a] state openly that one has (a belief, feeling, etc) 公开表明（信仰、 感情等）
They professed optimism about the outcome. 他们对结果表示乐观.
He professed himself satisfied with the progress made. 他表明自己对所取得的进步感到满意.
3 [Tn]
(a) publicly declare one's faith in (a religion) 宣布自己的（宗教）信仰
Christians profess their faith when they say the Creed. 基督教徒在念信经时就表明了他们的宗教信仰.
(b) have or belong to(the specified religion) 具有, 忠於（某宗教信仰）
professIslam 信仰伊斯兰教.
🔁 扩展释义
*[prә'fes]vt. 声称, 以...为业, 伪称, 讲授vi. 表白, 承认, 当教授【法】 表示, 声称, 承认
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I love you more than my own life, more than my wife, and more than all the world.
我爱你胜过爱我自己的生命、自己的妻子和整个世界。（他哭了。）
He could also hear night insects and the sound of waves on the shore.
他还能听到夜晚里昆虫的叫声和波浪拍击岸边的声音。
He encouraged Indians to start making their own cotton cloth and to refuse to buy cloth made in England.
他鼓励印度人民自己着手纺纱织布，并拒绝购买英国纺织的棉布。