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

• The company put me in touch with a "quintessential mistress" named Jackie ( at least she wanted to be named Jackie for the purposes of this column) who professes total satisfaction with Ashley Madison.
  公司安排我和一个叫Jackie的“典型情妇”接触（至少因为这个专栏的目的，她希望叫Jackie），她对阿什利·麦迪逊网站完全满意。
• She professes to be a friend.
  她称自己是个朋友。
• That a historian subscribes to a political ideology does not make him a politician, any more than a historian who professes a religion is necessarily a priest.
  正如信仰宗教的史学家未必就是一名神职人员，认同某种政治意识形态的史学家也不一定会成为政客。
• 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。
• 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。
• He has been here these two years, and will not tell who heis, or whence, but professes that he does not go by his right name.
  这两年到这里的，他从不说他是谁，或是从何而来，但却对人声称他用的名字不是他的真名。
• This country professes to be a true democracy
  这个国家自称是真正的民主政体。
• She professes not to be interested in money.
  她声称对钱不感兴趣。
• In the production notes, Mr. Tsai professes to have become tired of cinema.
  在拍摄笔记中，蔡明亮承认自己已经厌倦了电影。