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profess

英[prə'fes] 美[prə'fɛs]
  • vt. 自称;公开表示;宣称信奉;正式准予加入
  • vi. 声称;承认;当教授

英英释意


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 the Muslim faith"
"he professes to be a Communist"
3. admit, make a clean breast of;
"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"