professes

英 [prəˈfesɪz]

美 [prəˈfesɪz]

v.  妄称; 伪称; 声称; 宣称; 公开表明; 信奉，信仰(某一宗教)
profess的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 自称；伪称；谎称；妄称
  If youprofess todo or have something, you claim that you do it or have it, often when you do not.
  1. She professed to hate her nickname...
     她自称痛恨自己的外号。
  2. Why do organisations profess that they care?...
     为什么机构都谎称自己对此很关心？
  3. 'I don't know,' Pollard replied, professing innocence.
     “我不知道，”波拉德回答说，谎称自己是无辜的。
  4. ...the Republicans' professed support for traditional family values.
     共和党人自称的对传统的家庭价值观的支持
• VERB 表达，表明（感情、观点、信仰等）
  If youprofessa feeling, opinion, or belief, you express it.
  1. He professed to be content with the arrangement...
     他对这个安排表示满意。
  2. Bacher professed himself pleased with the Indian tour.
     巴奇尔表示对印度之行很满意。
  3. ...a right to profess their faith in Islam.
     表明他们的伊斯兰教信仰的权利

双语例句

• For her part, Shakira professes her love for African music, saying, African music is so inspiring and is poised to take its place on the global pop culture stage.
  对于夏奇拉而言，她公开表明对非洲音乐的热爱：非洲音乐极具感召力，在全球流行文化舞台上始终保持着举足轻重的地位。
• The same thing is true of the art of enjoying Nature. one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature.
  享受大自然的艺术也是如此。对艺术品和自然的美表现出敏感的人。
• She professes ignorance of the whole affair, though I'm not sure I believe her.
  她自称对整个事件一无所知，尽管我不能确定是否相信她。
• The gazpacho tastes good, and Dilnot professes to enjoy his ham.
  西班牙凉菜汤的味道很不错，迪尔洛特也表示自己的火腿很不错。
• He professes that the global economy suffers from a critical shortage of safe assets.
  他表示，安全资产的严重匮乏，令全球经济遭受打击。
• How could I make such a proposition, especially to a woman who always professes to be so entirely disinterested?
  我怎么能提出这样的一项建议呢，特别是对一个总自认为对金钱毫无兴趣的女人？
• 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。
• Four days later, back in his Munich offices and more relaxed, he again professes himself happy with the deal, which gives Allianz a 30 per cent share of the enlarged Commerzbank as well as a larger asset management business.
  4天后，回到慕尼黑办公室的迪克曼更为放松，他再次表示自己对这笔交易十分满意安联得到扩大后德国商业银行30%的股份，资产管理业务规模也得到扩大。
• It professes that those parts of the universe already laid down absolutely appoint and decree what the other parts shall be.
  它表明，宇宙中已确定的部分绝对地指向且规定了其他部分的性质。
• She professes not to be interested in money.
  她声称对钱不感兴趣。