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 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。
• He saw no reason why slaves professing Christianity should be freed.
  他看不出有什么理由要让信奉基督教的奴隶们获得自由。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。”
• 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。
• Such aspirations are shared and also disputed with others professing to share the same or similarly formulated and identified standards of aspiration.
  同样，在声称拥有相同或者相似的规范和确定标准的地方，这种愿望也或被共享或被争议着。
• 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。
• He is professing history at a university.
  他还在一所大学教授历史。
• 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。