professes

英[prə'fes] 美[prə'fes]
  • v.声称；冒称；以...为业；正式接受入教；表明信仰
professedly professed professed professing professes
  • behaviour n.行为；举止；品行=behavior
  • church n.礼拜仪式；教堂；基督教徒adj.教堂的v.把...带到教堂接受某种宗教仪式
  • in prep.在...里；在...地方；在...期间；在...方面；进入...里面；处于...状态；穿着...；以...的方式adv.在家；入；进；向里；在某地；并入；在某种关系中adj.在里面的；新来的；执政的；时髦的n.当权者；影响；达成目标的路径
  • profane adj.亵渎的；不敬神的；世俗的v.亵渎；玷污

详细释义

    v. (动词)
    1. vt. 声称; 公开表明 claim sth, often falsely; state openly

英英释义

Verb:
  1. practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about;

    "She professes organic chemistry"

  2. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to;

    "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"
    "he professes to be a Communist"

  3. admit (to a wrongdoing);

    "She confessed that she had taken the money"

  4. state freely;

    "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"

  5. receive into a religious order or congregation

  6. take vows, as in religious order;

    "she professed herself as a nun"

  7. state insincerely;

    "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"
    "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"
    "She pretends to be an expert on wine"

双语例句

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. They have become what they profess to scorn.
      他们成了自己曾声称看不起的那种人。
    2. Those who today pretend to be Christ's followers hypocritically profess to carry out those teachings now.
      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。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作及物动词 S+～+ n./pron.
    1. He professed his belief in her innocence.
      他宣称他相信她是无罪的。
    2. He professed his dislike of music.
      他声言不喜欢音乐。
    3. She professed total ignorance of the matter.
      她自称对那事一无所知。
    4. He professed Islam.
      他表白信仰伊斯兰教。
    5. They professed optimism about the outcome.
      他们对结果表示乐观。
    6. She is going to profess modern languages.
      她打算教授现代语。
    7. Her manner professed a gaiety that she did not feel.
      她的神态显出一种她并未实际感受到的快乐。
    8. He professed himself with the price he'd got for his boat, though secretly he was very satisfied.
      尽管他暗自很满意船的卖价,但他表面上假装不满意。
    S+～+to- v
    1. They have become what they profess to scorn.
      他们成了自己曾声称看不起的那种人。
    2. I don't profess to know anything about poetry.
      我不认为对诗有什么了解。
    S+～+that-clause
    1. He professed that he knew nothing about the plot.
      他声称对该阴谋毫不知情。
    2. I profess that I was surprised at the news.
      我承认这个消息使我感到惊奇。
    3. She professed that she could do nothing unaided.
      她承认自己不能独立无助地做任何事。
    4. I profess that the idea is new to me.
      我承认这个概念对我而言是新颖的。
    用作宾补动词 S+～+ n./pron. +(to be) n./adj./v -ed
    1. I don't profess myself to be an expert on that subject.
      我不自认为是那个问题的专家。
    2. He professes himself to be sad but doesn't look it.
      他自称感到悲伤,但外表却看不出来。
    3. He professed himself a lover of music.
      他声称自己是个音乐爱好者。
    4. He professed himself unable to explain it.
      他承认自己不能解释它。
    5. He professed himself convinced.
      他承认被说服了。
    6. He professed himself satisfied with the progress made.
      他表明自己对所取得的进步感到满意。

用法讲解

v. (动词)
  1. profess的基本意思是“声称”,指在有反对意见的情况下明确陈述,本词的特征在于是区别于官方声明(declare)的个人陈述。profess有时含有所谓的或不真实的意味。
  2. profess是及物动词,可接抽象名词、动词不定式、that从句作宾语,还可接以to be+ n./adj./v -ed充当补足语的复合宾语。可用于被动结构。
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词 ～+副词

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