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profess
- IPA[prəˈfɛs]
英式
- 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
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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 only to walk away 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?
- (of a quality, feeling, or belief) claimed openly but often falsely: for all her professed populism, she was seen as remote from ordinary people
Oxford Dictionary
- (of a quality, feeling, or belief) claimed or asserted openly but often falsely: for all her professed populism, she was seen as remote from ordinary people
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[prəˈfes]
美式
- 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
Oxford American Dictionary