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

• 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。
• 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'm sort of professing my love here.
  我的爱情正在紧要关头。
• 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。
• 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。
• Why, even the professing church is such that to follow the LORD fully within its bounds is very difficult.
  凭良心说，即使在教会中，要找出那些真正跟随耶稣，完全遵行祂旨意的人也很难。
• The man was still professing his innocence.
  那人仍在表白自己的无辜。
• Men began thinking about professing their love 97.3 days into a relationship – six weeks earlier than women, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology reports.
  据《个性与社会心理学杂志》的报道，男性在进入恋爱关系第97.3天时会开始考虑示爱，比女性早了六周。
• 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。
• He is professing history at a university.
  他还在一所大学教授历史。