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

• I'm sort of professing my love here.
  我的爱情正在紧要关头。
• 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。
• All over Western and central Europe barbarian chiefs were now reigning as kings, dukes and the like, practically independent but for the most part professing some sort of shadowy allegiance to the emperor.
  在西欧和中欧各地，蛮族首领此时执掌着国王、君主以及诸如此类的大权，实际上相互独立，但是他们大多表示对皇帝某种象征性的效忠。
• Tim. 2:10 But, what befits women professing godly reverence, by good works.
  提前二10乃藉著善行，以那适宜于自称是敬神之女人的为妆饰。
• So he thought over various plans for relief, and finally hit pon that of professing to be fond of Pain-killer.
  他绞尽脑汁，终于想出一个解脱的计划：假称喜欢吃止痛药。
• A week of tense trade talks started yesterday in Geneva with most sides professing willingness to compromise but saying that others had to take the lead.
  为期一周的紧张贸易谈判昨日在日内瓦启动。多数方面表示愿意做出妥协，但要求其它方面采取主动。
• Religion is a universal phenomenon in the long cultural history of mankind. Most of the countries in the world are professing religion, and it is closely linked with the development of human society.
  宗教是人类历史文化上一种源远流长而普遍的现象，世界上各个国家和民族中都存在宗教，它与人类社会发展紧密相连。
• Their immaculately tailored clothes, perfectly styled hair and youthful faces have scores of teenage girls professing their undying love every day.
  他们得体的穿着、完美的发型、年轻的脸庞，使得每天都有无数的女孩向他们表达爱慕之情。
• Perhaps that accounted for the palpable tensions among Nardelli, Press and LaSorda, who kept professing to be having fun.
  这可能就是纳尔代利、普瑞斯与莱索达之间关系明显紧张的原因&尽管他们一直表示自己很开心。
• '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。