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

• 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。
• 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。
• '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。
• 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。
• But as it becometh women professing godliness, with good works.
  而要以善行装饰自己，这才合乎称为虔敬天主的女人。
• A group of Christians; any group professing Christian doctrine or belief.
  基督教徒的团体；表明忠于基督教条或信仰的任一团体。
• 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。
• I have lately vented and publicly asserted divers wicked, blasphemous, and Atheistical positions professing that I gloried to be an Hobbist and an Atheist.
  我在最近的讲课中一直宣扬并公开断言各种邪念，对神明的亵渎，以及强调无神论的地位，我非常荣幸成为霍布斯主义的无神论者。
• 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。
• 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。