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

• There would be no lack of funds for holy purposes if all professing Christians paid their fair share.
  若基督徒都献上该归给上帝的，上帝在各样圣工上绝不会让我们匮乏。
• In the late1930s," Dallas Theological Seminary, though strongly professing to be a Presbyterian institution, was being severed from the conservative Presbyterian splinter movement. "
  在1930年代下半，“达拉斯神学院，虽然强烈的承认自己是一个长老会的神学院，但是却与保守派长老会的分离运动切割。”
• 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。
• It is no use professing to want zero problems with the neighbours without making a much broader effort to resolve such ancient quarrels as those with Armenia or over Cyprus.
  自称想与邻国毫无争端，和平共处，而没有做出更广泛的努力来解决与亚美尼亚或塞浦路斯的古老争议（历史遗留问题），这是没有用的。
• The cafe released a statement on its official Weibo account on Monday afternoon, explaining the cafe` s location and professing its respect for Chinese history and traditional culture.
  星巴克于周一下午在其官方微博上发布声明，解释了该咖啡店的位置，并表达了其对中国历史与传统文化的尊重。
• But as it becometh women professing godliness, with good works.
  而要以善行装饰自己，这才合乎称为虔敬天主的女人。
• 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。
• 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。
• Such aspirations are shared and also disputed with others professing to share the same or similarly formulated and identified standards of aspiration.
  同样，在声称拥有相同或者相似的规范和确定标准的地方，这种愿望也或被共享或被争议着。
• Although professing diametrically opposite principles from those of the editor of the other paper, beauchamp as it sometimes, we may say often, happens was his intimate friend.
  波尚的主张虽然与那家报纸的编辑正好相反，可是他们倒是亲密的朋友，这原是常有的事。