英 [prəˈfes] 美 [prəˈfes]
vt. 自称，（尤指）伪称；公开承认（某种感受或信仰）；信仰，信奉（宗教）；正式准予加入（be professed）；<旧>以教授身份教（某科目），传授
第三人称单数professes
现在分词professing
过去式professed
过去分词professed
profess /prəˈfɛs/ CET6+ TEM8 [ professing professed professes ]
及物动词 If you profess to do or have something, you claim that you do it or have it, often when you do not. (常不真实地) 声称
She professed to hate her nickname.
她声称讨厌她的绰号。
Why do organizations profess that they care?
为什么一些组织声称他们关心呢？
及物动词 If you profess a feeling, opinion, or belief, you express it. 表示 (某感情、观点、信仰等)
He professed to be content with the arrangement.
他表示对该安排满意。
Miller professed himself dissatisfied with Broadway theatre.
米勒表示他对百老汇剧院不满。
practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
She professes organic chemistry
confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith ; he professes to be a Communist
state freely
The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades
receive into a religious order or congregation
take vows, as in religious order
she professed herself as a nun
... pretend假装 profess表明 promise承诺，允许 ...
... prompting n.鼓动慰勉提示 profess v.表示 get on v.生活亲善相处进展(使)进步<口> 连忙发迹进展 ...
... professed 声称；断言；伪称（profess的过去分词） profess 声称；承认；当教授 profess 自称；公开表示；宣称信奉；正式准予加入 ...
... angle.n.角度；观点 Profess.v.妄称；伪称；信奉 Compensate for对------做赔偿；弥补 ...
professed 声称的；公开承认的；伪称的
professorial 教授的；学者派头的；教授似的
professedly 在表面上；公然地；专业地
professed 声称；断言；伪称（profess的过去分词）
Why do organizations profess that they care?
为什么一些组织声称他们关心呢？
I don't profess to be an expert in this subject.
我不敢自诩为这方面的专家。
I profess that I was surprised at the news.
我承认这个消息使我感到惊奇。
It is what you profess. Well, the thesis is also, another way to think of it, an answer to a question.
它就是你要表达的东西，这个论文也是，另一种思考它的方式，关于一个问题的答案。
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And, Hobbes tell us he would banish all doctrines that profess to make the individual or the sect, more importantly in some ways the sect, the judge of the sovereign.
霍布斯说，他将谴责那些,主张个人主义或教派主义的学说，以及那些对君主提出批判，的教派势力。
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They profess to have the same values, but the outcome of the execution, implementation of their values is the Iraq War and the mess and the whole mess that we find ourselves in today.
他们公开宣称具有同样的价值观，但他们的价值付诸实施的结果是,是伊拉克战争，是一团糟,我们现在正身处其中。
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Consider this conundrum: multiple studies show that teachers profess to value creativity but dislike creative students.
FORBES: Do We Value People Who "Think Different"? In Schools: Mostly Not.
Perhaps you profess to read tabloids only in the supermarket line just killing time.
Though both profess to be keenly Islamic, they are as much tribal as religious.