professes是什么意思

2024-01-10 06:26:16

professes

美[prəfes] 英[prəfes]

v. 声称；冒称；以 ... 为业；正式接受入教；表明信仰

副词：professedly 过去式：professed 过去分词：professed 现在分词：professing 第三人称单数：professes

近义词：confess，claim，maintain，allege，contend，admit，own，ownup，acknowledge，agree，allow，recognize，air，testify，say，pretend，concede，suppress，

双解释义

v.(动词)

vt. 声称; 公开表明 claim sth, often falsely; state openly

英英释义

Verb

practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about;
"She professes organic chemistry"
confess ones faith in, or allegiance to;
"The terrorists professed allegiance to their country" "he professes to be a Communist"
admit (to a wrongdoing);
"She confessed that she had taken the money"
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"
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"

组词搭配

～+名词

profess ones faith表明宗教信仰
profess a gaiety显示出快乐
profess Islam表白信仰伊斯兰教
profess modern languages打算教授现代语
profess total ignorance自称一无所知

～+副词

profess boldly冒失地声称
profess gaily愉快地显示
profess shamelessly无耻地自称
profess vainly含糊地表白

例句

用作动词(v.)

They have become what they profess to scorn.他们成了自己曾声称看不起的那种人。
Those who today pretend to be Christs followers hypocritically profess to carry out those teachings now.今天那些冒牌的基督教徒假惺惺地声称他们现在要实行这些教导。

词语用法

v.(动词)

profess的基本意思是“声称”,指在有反对意见的情况下明确陈述,本词的特征在于是区别于官方声明(declare)的个人陈述。profess有时含有所谓的或不真实的意味。 profess是及物动词,可接抽象名词、动词不定式、that从句作宾语,还可接以to be+ n./adj./v -ed充当补足语的复合宾语。可用于被动结构。

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