profess
profess 英 [prəˈfes] 美 [prəˈfɛs, pro-]
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
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- To profess is to declare something, often insincerely. Your joy on the last day of school might lead you to profess that you'll truly miss seeing all the people who annoyed you all year.
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- 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
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1. She still professes her innocence.
她仍然声称自己无辜。
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2. I don't profess to be an expert in this subject.
我不敢自诩为这方面的专家。
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3. He professed his admiration for their work.
他表示钦佩他们的工作。
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4. to profess Christianity/Islam/Judaism
信仰基督教╱伊斯兰教╱犹太教
- profess (v.) early 14c., "to take a vow" (in a religious order), a back-formation from profession or else from Old French profes, from Medieval Latin professus "avowed," literally "having declared publicly," past participle of Latin profiteri "declare openly, testify voluntarily, acknowledge, make public statement of," from pro- "forth" (from PIE root *per- (1) "forward") + fateri (past participle fassus) "acknowledge, confess," akin to fari "to speak," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say."
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