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profess v. 声称； 冒称； 以 ... 为业； 正式接受入教； 表明信仰 (1) 他们成了自己曾声称看不起的那种人。(2) 今天那些冒牌的基督教徒假惺惺地声称他们现在要实行这些教导。 You can profess something and mean it, but more often the verb profess is used when someone lies about their true feelings. You might profess your love of your grandmother's tuna casserole, or profess that you never bite your fingernails, but you're just saying what you think people want to hear. The original meaning of profess described taking religious vows, and came from the Latin word professus, having declared publicly.

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英 [prə'fes] 美 [prə'fes] (1) They have become what they profess to scorn.(2) Those who today pretend to be Christ's followers hypocritically profess to carry out those teachings now. To profess is to declare something, often insincerely. Your joy on the last day of school might lead you to profess that you'll truly miss seeing all the people who annoyed you all year. 1[VERB 动词]自称；伪称；谎称；妄称 If you profess to do or have something, you claim that you do it or have it, often when you do not.   [V to-inf]  [V that]  [V n]  [V-ed]  [FORMAL 正式]She professed to hate her nickname...她自称痛恨自己的外号。Why do organisations profess that they care?...为什么机构都谎称自己对此很关心？'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。...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2[VERB 动词]表达，表明（感情、观点、信仰等） If you profess a feeling, opinion, or belief, you express it.   [V to-inf]  [V pron-refl adj]  [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]He professed to be content with the arrangement...他对这个安排表示满意。Bacher professed himself pleased with the Indian tour.巴奇尔表示对印度之行很满意。...a right to profess their faith in Islam.表明他们的伊斯兰教信仰的权利

英语单词	profess
英美音标	英 [prə'fes] 美 [prə'fes]
中文释义	v. 声称；冒称；以 ... 为业；正式接受入教；表明信仰
英语例句	(1) They have become what they profess to scorn. (2) Those who today pretend to be Christ's followers hypocritically profess to carry out those teachings now.
中文例句	(1) 他们成了自己曾声称看不起的那种人。 (2) 今天那些冒牌的基督教徒假惺惺地声称他们现在要实行这些教导。
vocabulary简明	To profess is to declare something, often insincerely. Your joy on the last day of school might lead you to profess that you'll truly miss seeing all the people who annoyed you all year.
vocabulary扩展	You can profess something and mean it, but more often the verb profess is used when someone lies about their true feelings. You might profess your love of your grandmother's tuna casserole, or profess that you never bite your fingernails, but you're just saying what you think people want to hear. The original meaning of profess described taking religious vows, and came from the Latin word professus, having declared publicly.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]自称；伪称；谎称；妄称 If you profess to do or have something, you claim that you do it or have it, often when you do not. [V to-inf] [V that] [V n] [V-ed] [FORMAL 正式] She professed to hate her nickname... 她自称痛恨自己的外号。 Why do organisations profess that they care?... 为什么机构都谎称自己对此很关心？ '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。 ...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 2 [VERB 动词]表达，表明（感情、观点、信仰等） If you profess a feeling, opinion, or belief, you express it. [V to-inf] [V pron-refl adj] [V n] [FORMAL 正式] He professed to be content with the arrangement... 他对这个安排表示满意。 Bacher professed himself pleased with the Indian tour. 巴奇尔表示对印度之行很满意。 ...a right to profess their faith in Islam. 表明他们的伊斯兰教信仰的权利

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