profess [prəu'fes]

英汉解释

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

同义词

v. concede，confess，pretend

参考例句

1. I profess that I was surprised at the news.
我承认这个消息使我感到惊奇。
2. His house and burial place should be visited by all who profess even a fugitive interest in oil painting.
凡是声称对油画有一丁点儿兴趣的人都应该去参观他的住所和墓地。
3. [KJV] They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
他们声称认识神，却在行为上否认他。他们是可憎的、悖逆的，在各样的善事上，是毫无用处的。

英英解释

v.
  1. practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
  2. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
  3. admit, make a clean breast of
  4. state freely
  5. receive into a religious order or congregation
  6. take vows, as in religious order
  7. state insincerely

网络释义

profess
表明; 伪称,声称; 表示; 声明;
guest profess
客座教授;
pretend profess
伪称;
associate profess
副教授;
profess religion
公开表示信教;