profess
profess
verb
[with obj.]
verb
[with obj.]
- claim openly but often falsely that one has (a quality or feeling)
声称；自称，伪称，妄称
he had professed his love for her only to walk away without a backward glance.
他自称爱她，却也不回头看一眼就走掉了。
[with infinitive]I don't profess to be an expert.
我不敢妄称自己是个专家。
[with complement]he professed himself amazed at the boy's ability.
他承认自己对那男孩的能力感到吃惊。 - affirm one's faith in or allegiance to (a religion or set of beliefs)
宣称信仰，表示忠于
a people professing Christianity.
宣称信仰基督教的民族。
■(be professed)be received into a religious order under vows
被接受入教
she entered St Margaret's Convent, and was professed in 1943.
她进了圣马格丽特修道院，并于1943年宣誓加修会。 - (dated or humorous)teach (a subject) as a professor
(旧或幽默)以教授身份教（某科目）；传授
a professor—what does he profess?.
授——他教什么？。 - (archaic)have or claim knowledge or skill in (a subject or accomplishment)
(古)精通；声称精通
though knowing little of the arts I professed, he proved a natural adept.
尽管他对我所精通的艺术了解很少，但却是个天生的能手。
- Middle English (as be professed 'be received into a religious order'): from Latin profess- 'declared publicly', from the verb profiteri, from pro- 'before' + fateri 'confess'
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