profess

美[prə'fes] 英[prə'fes]

v. 声称；冒称；以 ... 为业；正式接受入教；表明信仰

副词：professedly 过去式：professed 过去分词：professed 现在分词：professing 第三人称单数：professes

近义词：confess，claim，maintain，allege，contend，admit，own，ownup，acknowledge，agree，allow，recognize，air，testify，say，pretend，concede，suppress，

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Verb

practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about;
"She professes organic chemistry"
confess one's faith in, or allegiance to;
"The terrorists professed allegiance to their country" "he professes to be a Communist"
admit (to a wrongdoing);
"She confessed that she had taken the money"
state freely;
"The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"
receive into a religious order or congregation
take vows, as in religious order;
"she professed herself as a nun"
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"

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They have become what they profess to scorn.他们成了自己曾声称看不起的那种人。
Those who today pretend to be Christ's followers hypocritically profess to carry out those teachings now.今天那些冒牌的基督教徒假惺惺地声称他们现在要实行这些教导。

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