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

• 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。”
• I have lately vented and publicly asserted divers wicked, blasphemous, and Atheistical positions professing that I gloried to be an Hobbist and an Atheist.
  我在最近的讲课中一直宣扬并公开断言各种邪念，对神明的亵渎，以及强调无神论的地位，我非常荣幸成为霍布斯主义的无神论者。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Why, even the professing church is such that to follow the LORD fully within its bounds is very difficult.
  凭良心说，即使在教会中，要找出那些真正跟随耶稣，完全遵行祂旨意的人也很难。
• All over Western and central Europe barbarian chiefs were now reigning as kings, dukes and the like, practically independent but for the most part professing some sort of shadowy allegiance to the emperor.
  在西欧和中欧各地，蛮族首领此时执掌着国王、君主以及诸如此类的大权，实际上相互独立，但是他们大多表示对皇帝某种象征性的效忠。
• 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。
• 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。
• A week of tense trade talks started yesterday in Geneva with most sides professing willingness to compromise but saying that others had to take the lead.
  为期一周的紧张贸易谈判昨日在日内瓦启动。多数方面表示愿意做出妥协，但要求其它方面采取主动。