profess
英 [prə'fes]
美[prə'fɛs]
- 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
英英释意
- 1. practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about;
- "She professes organic chemistry"
- 2. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to;
- "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"
- "he professes to be a Communist"
- 3. admit, make a clean breast of;
- "She confessed that she had taken the money"
- 4. state freely;
- "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"
- 5. receive into a religious order or congregation
- 6. take vows, as in religious order;
- "she professed herself as a nun"
- 7. state insincerely;
- "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"
- "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"
- "She pretends to be an expert on wine"