profess
美 [prəˈfes] 
英 [prə'fes]
词形变化
第三人称单数：professes 现在分词：professing 过去式：professed 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 妄称；伪称；声称to claim that sth is true or correct, especially when it is not |
| She still professes her innocence. 她仍然声称自己无辜。 |
| I don't profess to be an expert in this subject. 我不敢自诩为这方面的专家。 |
2. | 宣称；公开表明to state openly that you have a particular belief, feeling, etc. |
| He professed his admiration for their work. 他表示钦佩他们的工作。 |
| She professed herself satisfied with the progress so far. 她表示对目前为止的进度很满意。 |
3. | ~ sth 信奉，信仰（某一宗教）to belong to a particular religion |
| to profess Christianity/Islam/Judaism 信仰基督教╱伊斯兰教╱犹太教 |
英汉解释
v. | 5. 声言,宣言;表明信仰;承认;〈英口〉(在大学)教书 |
英英解释
例句
Profess to this a few skies not for the writer that the net is in a state of utter stupefaction , this discovery is " surprise " .
对这位自称几天上不了网就六神无主的作家来说，这个发现是一个“惊喜”。
He concluded ruefully that it was "arrogant and rash" to profess virtues that you cannot live up to, and retreated into indolent seclusion.
他懊悔地总结道，宣称自己信奉不能修行到的美德是非常“自傲和轻率的”。最终，他选择隐居，不理世事。
Tess could whistle like most other country girls, though the accomplishment was one which she did not care to profess in genteel company.
苔丝同大多数乡下姑娘一样会吹口哨，虽然她在体面人面前不愿承认会这门技艺。
In fact, most people who try to get me to see their version of the light never bother to ask what faith or philosophy I already profess.
事实上，多数人试图让我看他们关于光明的解释，而且从未操心地问过我，我所皈依的信仰或者哲学体系是什么。
And neither were the sabbaths kept, nor the solemn days of the fathers observed, neither did any man plainly profess himself to be a Jew.
并且不准遵守安息日，不准举行祖传的庆节，连承认自己是犹太人也不许可。
And though they profess to limit their jihad to the enemy outside, their most violent acts have been against other Gazans.
尽管他们声称杰哈德攻击目标一致对外，但是他们针对另一些加沙人的最猛烈的暴力行为也时有发生。
They will profess that they always supported you and never doubted you'd become the rock star that others are saying you are about to be.
他们会宣称道，他们从过去就一直支持你并且在人家说未怀疑过你会成为大明星，就像其他人说你会成为那样。
Independent scientists have not been able to verify that the countries set off as many devices as they profess.
独立科学家一直无法核实，有关国家建立尽可能多的设备关闭，因为他们信奉。
the implication being that if you publicly profess yourself to be handsome, talented and rich, nothing less than exceptional is acceptable.
如果你在公共场合宣称自己貌比潘安，才华横溢而且钱多难数，那一些人很难接受你没有发挥出超地球人水平。
People close to PCCW profess to be baffled by the whole affair, which at the very least has complicated a clean exit for Mr Li.
接近电讯盈科的人士表示，整个事件令人困惑，这至少让李泽楷利落的退出变得复杂起来。
In knowledge, he identifies himself with the Truth and is not afraid to profess, nor does he indulge in the double standards of life.
在知识上，他认同于绝对真理，他不怕这样承认，在生活上也不会有双重的标准。
There's no greater threat to religious people than to profess your desire to think for yourself.
对于教徒来说最大的威胁莫过于声称你想要自己思考。
Like the patriarchs of old, those who profess to love God should erect an altar to the Lord wherever they pitch their tent.
那些自称爱上帝的人应像古时的先祖一样，无论在何处支搭帐棚，总要为耶和华筑一座坛。
At this time he did not profess any particular religion.
现在，他不再拘泥某一宗教。
If you profess to be a Christian, yet find full satisfaction in worldly pleasures and pursuits, your profession is false.
你若自认是基督徒，却完全满足于属世的欢乐与追求，那麽你的承认是虚假的。
They now desire to profess before all the world their intention henceforth to walk the road of life together.
现在他们希望在世界公开他们的意图之前从此共同一路走向生活。
While both sides profess a desire to deepen commercial relations, protectionist pressures are rising.
尽管双方都声言希望加深商业关系，但保护主义压力正在上升。
Purport, To have or present the often false appearance of being or intending; profess.
声称，冒充带有或提供与内容或意图相违背的外在表现。
This idiom satirizes those who profess to like or support something, but are averse to it in actual practice.
“叶公好龙”这个成语比喻表面上爱好某种事物，但实际上并不真正爱好。或者假装爱好，实际惧怕。
He used to profess that Christ inhabited in his heart. Suddenly this turned upside-down.
他曾公开宣称基督住在他的心中，没想到突然之间，这就被完全颠覆了。
With such censures I cannot profess that I completely agree.
对于这些指责，我不能说我完全同意。
Yet both parties profess to believe that the tax code should be simplified and the base broadened, chiefly by eliminating most loopholes.
双方党派都公开表示应该主要通过消除漏洞来简化税收制度，扩宽基础。
Senators profess to be worried that embryonic research fails to respect the dignity of "potential persons" .
一些参议员表示担心胚胎研究未能尊重“潜在的人”的尊严。
Obama entered office. As a group, Tea Partiers profess an almost single-minded determination to cut government spending and limit taxation.
作为一个组织，茶党运动意志坚决地希望削减政府支出，限制税收。
But that makes it sound remarkably like a credit-default swap (CDS), an instrument European politicians profess to hate.
但是，这样的话听起来很像信用违约互换（CDS）—欧洲政治家公开表明憎恶的产品。
Why does the West react in such a negative way when Asians profess their belief in Asian values?
当亚洲人提出他们本身对亚洲价值观的认同时，为何西方会有如此负面的反应
Its Latin's origins come from the word profess which means, "to avow before. "
它的拉丁起源来自“profess”，意为“先公开声明”。
The very thing he would profess to hate about my way of looking at things.
这些正是我看待事情的方法，也是他声称痛恨的东西。
Maybe you're not one of them. But even people who profess to hate working out can come to truly enjoy exercise and reap the health benefits.
或许你不属于这类人，虽然有些人嘴上说讨厌运动，但心里真喜欢锻炼还能收获健康。
There was once a productive and promising young prodigy who chose to periodically profess his profound talents with pen and paper.
从前有一神童下笔千行、有望大成，定期以文笔展示其惊人才华。
Yet now even Mr Thaksin felt obliged to profess again his loyalty to the king, and to pay homage to his power.
然而，他信自己都感觉有必要再次向国王表示忠诚，并向国王致敬。
Of course there are others, including members of the French government, who profess that there is no downside to fishing for Chinese aid.
当然也有一些人，包括法国内阁成员，认为寻求中国的帮助没有有利无害。
They sing songs mostly in Taiwanese and Chinese although some fans profess that their Taiwanese songs are more emotional and touching.
他们唱歌，主要是在台湾和中国虽然有一些球迷信奉他们的闽南语歌曲更情感和动人。
In shops in Homs, some profess to prefer stability to reform, anxiously pointing to Iraq and Lebanon as examples of what can go wrong.
在霍姆斯的商场中，有人自称相对于改革更喜欢稳定，他们忧心仲仲地搬出伊拉克和黎巴嫩来举例说明改革可能是错误的。
Senior foreign ministry officials who received my formal written and oral denials profess to believe them but nevertheless appear skeptical.
高级外交官们收到了我正式的书面和口头否认，他们表面上假装接受了，但实际上却心存怀疑。
In fact, most Saudis now profess to something more of a hybrid, mixing local traditions with modern currents.
事实上，现在大部分沙特阿拉伯人更愿意承认自己的宗教既综合了各个教派，混合了当地的传统，也具备现代因素。
Even people who profess not to care much for organised labour say they voted against the legislation.
即使是那些声称自己不太关注劳工组织的人都说他们对这项立法投了反对票。
The advocates of this doctrine also profess to be social.
这种学说的鼓吹者也宣称是“社会的”。
There is only one philosophy, one ideology, one quasi-religion that people are free to profess and to propagate.
只有一种哲学，一种思想体系，一种准宗教可供人们自由地信仰和传播。
I profess, on my conscience and character, that I am utterly bewildered as touching the purport of your words!
老实讲，以我的良心和人格担保，我对您这番话的含义实在莫名其妙！
