搜尋結果
profess
- IPA[prəˈfes]
美式
- claim that one has (a quality or feeling), especially when this is not the case;have or claim knowledge or skill in (a subject or accomplishment)
verb: profess, 3rd person present: professes, gerund or present participle: professing, past tense: professed, past participle: professed
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. claim that one has (a quality or feeling), especially when this is not the case he had professed his love for her I don't profess to be an expert 同義詞
- ▪ archaic have or claim knowledge or skill in (a subject or accomplishment) though knowing little of the arts I professed, he proved a natural adept
- 2. affirm one's faith in or allegiance to (a religion or set of beliefs) a people professing Christianity 同義詞
- ▪ be received into a religious order under vows she entered St. Margaret's Convent, and was professed in 1943
- 3. archaic, humorous teach (a subject) as a professor a professor—what does he profess?