professing

英 [prəˈfesɪŋ]

美 [prəˈfesɪŋ]

v.  妄称; 伪称; 声称; 宣称; 公开表明; 信奉，信仰(某一宗教)
profess的现在分词

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

英英释义

noun

• an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion
  1. a profession of disagreement
  Synonym:profession

双语例句

• It is no use professing to want zero problems with the neighbours without making a much broader effort to resolve such ancient quarrels as those with Armenia or over Cyprus.
  自称想与邻国毫无争端，和平共处，而没有做出更广泛的努力来解决与亚美尼亚或塞浦路斯的古老争议（历史遗留问题），这是没有用的。
• 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。
• I'm professing that I'm weak.
  我坦白自己的软弱。
• He is professing history at a university.
  他还在一所大学教授历史。
• The man was still professing his innocence.
  那人仍在表白自己的无辜。
• The cafe released a statement on its official Weibo account on Monday afternoon, explaining the cafe` s location and professing its respect for Chinese history and traditional culture.
  星巴克于周一下午在其官方微博上发布声明，解释了该咖啡店的位置，并表达了其对中国历史与传统文化的尊重。
• I have lately vented and publicly asserted divers wicked, blasphemous, and Atheistical positions professing that I gloried to be an Hobbist and an Atheist.
  我在最近的讲课中一直宣扬并公开断言各种邪念，对神明的亵渎，以及强调无神论的地位，我非常荣幸成为霍布斯主义的无神论者。
• Men began thinking about professing their love 97.3 days into a relationship – six weeks earlier than women, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology reports.
  据《个性与社会心理学杂志》的报道，男性在进入恋爱关系第97.3天时会开始考虑示爱，比女性早了六周。
• In the late1930s," Dallas Theological Seminary, though strongly professing to be a Presbyterian institution, was being severed from the conservative Presbyterian splinter movement. "
  在1930年代下半，“达拉斯神学院，虽然强烈的承认自己是一个长老会的神学院，但是却与保守派长老会的分离运动切割。”
• '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。