professes是什么意思？

professes

• v. 声称( profess的第三人称单数 )，宣称，公开表明，信奉；

例句

• The Author of our religion everywhere professes himself the wretch's friend. 我们宗教之主到处都说过,他是世上可怜人的真朋友.
• He professes himself to be sad but doesn't look it. 他自称感到悲伤,但外表却看不出来.
• She still professes her innocence. 她仍然声称自己无辜。
• Undertake not to teach your equal in the art himself professes; It'savors of arrogancy. 对于与你身份相当的人,在他所从事的艺术领域,千万别冒冒失失充当对方的导师, 否则会有傲慢之嫌.
• This country professes to be a true democracy… 这个国家自称是真正的民主政体。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  自称；伪称；谎称；妄称
  If you profess to do or have something, you claim that you do it or have it, often when you do not.
  例句
  She professed to hate her nickname... 她自称痛恨自己的外号。 Why do organisations profess that they care?... 为什么机构都谎称自己对此很关心？
• VERB
  表达，表明（感情、观点、信仰等）
  If you profess a feeling, opinion, or belief, you express it.
  例句
  He professed to be content with the arrangement... 他对这个安排表示满意。 Bacher professed himself pleased with the Indian tour. 巴奇尔表示对印度之行很满意。