profess
verb /prəˈfes/
/prəˈfes/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they profess | /prəˈfes/ /prəˈfes/ |
| he / she / it professes | /prəˈfesɪz/ /prəˈfesɪz/ |
| past simple professed | /prəˈfest/ /prəˈfest/ |
| past participle professed | /prəˈfest/ /prəˈfest/ |
| -ing form professing | /prəˈfesɪŋ/ /prəˈfesɪŋ/ |
- to claim that something is true or correct, especially when it is not
妄称；伪称；声称 - profess something She still professes her innocence.
她仍然声称自己无辜。 - profess to be/have something I don't profess to be an expert in this subject.
我不敢自诩为这方面的专家。
- profess something She still professes her innocence.
- to state openly that you have a particular belief, feeling, etc.
宣称；公开表明 - profess something In this scene the couple finally profess their love for each other.
在这一幕中，这对夫妇最终承认了他们对彼此的爱。 - He professed his admiration for their work.
他表示钦佩他们的工作。 - profess yourself + adj. She professed herself satisfied with the progress so far.
她表示对目前为止的进度很满意。
- profess something In this scene the couple finally profess their love for each other.
- profess something to belong to a particular religion
信奉，信仰（某一宗教） - to profess Christianity/Islam/Judaism
信仰基督教／伊斯兰教／犹太教
- to profess Christianity/Islam/Judaism
词源Middle English (as be professed ‘be received into a religious order’): from Latin profess- ‘declared publicly’, from the verb profiteri, from pro- ‘before’ + fateri ‘confess’.