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 suppose it's better to be safe than sick.
我想安全总要比生病好。
The man who had fixed up the air-line was also questioned.
安装供气管的那位工人也被提问。
At that time only the British government had the right to sell salt, which was taxed, so Gandhi encouraged the whole nation to make their own salt.
那时，只有英国政府有权出售盐，而且盐是要征税的。于是甘地鼓励所有的国民自己生产盐。