v．
1. 声称，宣称：公开表示信仰、情感或意图。
2. 承认，招认：承认某事为真。
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
... 公开宣称 = professes 公开宣称 = professing 公开宣称的 = professed ...
He thought over various plans for relief, and finally hit upon that of professing to be fond of Pain-killer.
他考虑了各种各样的办法来获得解脱，最后想出了一个办法，那称自己喜欢吃止痛药。
For decades the storage disk providers have been professing the death of tape.
存储磁盘供应商十几年来一直信奉磁带已死。
Professing a need for love could also be taken as evidence that you weren't ready for it.
公开承认对爱的需求可以作为证据之一，证明你其实还没准备好。
Is it Balzac the author professing "literary" ideas on femininity?
是否作者巴尔扎克的文学理论是建立在女性主义之上的？
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In some cultures, black is even guilty of the professing the beyond and unknown.
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Trump, while professing admiration for Zuckerman's talents, says there always will be private developers.
Moreover, even while professing impatience with the Poles, the French may be smiling behind their hands.