Profess
[prə'fes] or [prə'fɛs]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) state insincerely; 'He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt'; 'She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber'; 'She pretends to be an expert on wine'.
(verb.) confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; 'The terrorists professed allegiance to their country'; 'he professes to be a Communist'.
(verb.) practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; 'She professes organic chemistry'.
(verb.) take vows, as in religious order; 'she professed herself as a nun'.
(verb.) receive into a religious order or congregation.
(verb.) state freely; 'The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades'.
巴拉克編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely.
(v. t.) To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of.
(v. t.) To present to knowledge of, to proclaim one's self versed in; to make one's self a teacher or practitioner of, to set up as an authority respecting; to declare (one's self to be such); as, he professes surgery; to profess one's self a physician.
(v. i.) To take a profession upon one's self by a public declaration; to confess.
(v. i.) To declare friendship.
埃尔莎整理
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Avow, acknowledge, own, confess, declare, affirm, avouch, aver, allege.[2]. Pretend, lay claim to.
伊妮德編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Declare, avow, acknowledge, own, confess, pretend, proclaim, lay_claim_to
ANT:Conceal, suppress, disown, disavow, repudiate, renounce, abjure
校對:梅勒妮
解釋/意思:
v.t. to own freely: to make open declaration of: to declare in strong terms: to announce publicly one's skill in: to affirm one's belief in: (Spens.) to present the appearance of: (R.C.) to receive into a religious order by profession.—v.i. to enter publicly into a religious state: (Shak.) to pretend friendship.—adj. Professed′ openly declared: avowed: acknowledged.—adv. Profess′edly.—n. Profes′sion the act of professing: open declaration: pretence: an employment not mechanical and requiring some degree of learning: calling or known employment: the collective body of persons engaged in any profession: entrance into a religious order.—adj. Profes′sional pertaining to a profession: engaged in a profession: undertaken as a means of subsistence as opposed to Amateur.—n. one who makes his living by an art as opposed to an amateur who practises it merely for pastime.—n. Profes′sionalism.—adv. Profes′sionally.—ns. Profess′or one who professes: one who openly declares belief in certain doctrines: one who publicly practises or teaches any branch of knowledge: a public and authorised teacher in a university:—fem. Profess′oress; Profess′orate Professō′riāte the office of a professor or public teacher: his period of office: body of professors.—adj. Professō′rial.—adv. Professō′rially.—n. Profess′orship.
錄入:佩内洛普
例句/造句/用法:
- If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Tiglath Pileser III and Sargon II, names already familiar in this story, profess to have made them pay tribute. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Society has claims on us all; and I profess myself one of those who consider intervals of recreation and amusement as desirable for everybody. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- But, in return, your sister must allow me to feel no more than I profess. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- He does not profess to have more than second-hand knowledge there. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Did I profess to teach them the conduct befitting ladies? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Pray understand that I do not profess to have been at all overfond of my late daughter. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He professed himself extremely anxious about her fair friendher fair, lovely, amiable friend. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The Captain did not in the least hear him or look at the stout gentleman in the nightcap, about whom he professed to have such a tender interest. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I professed myself convinced by it accordingly. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He professed himself more relieved and encouraged than he really was, and approached his second and last point. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Jerry hoarsely professed himself at Miss Pross's service. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Leinster, much as he professed to esteem, respect and love me, went out in a sailing-boat every morning, instead of walking about with me. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I professed from the first to disregard dates. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- There is a conception of education which professes to be based upon the idea of development. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- He got all those pebbles on the sea shore, abreast the ship, but professes to have gathered them from one of our party. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He professes morality. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- The culprit falters excuses, and professes a determination to do better tomorrow. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- His visitor professes his regret to hear it and asks him does he remember Jo. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- If she professes friendship, be certain she is sincere. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Is there any city which professes to have received laws from you, as Sicily and Italy have from Charondas, Sparta from Lycurgus, Athens from Solon? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- And he came back professing to be a changed man; there was to be no more despotism; he would respect the constitution régime. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- A new political party was growing up in the state, the Social Democrats, professing the doctrines of Marx. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- She rose, asking no questions and professing no surprise. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Thing our clergymen wear, you know,' explained Miss Jenny, in consideration of his professing another faith. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Dr. Grant, professing an indisposition, for which he had little credit with his fair sister-in-law, could not spare his wife. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Not that these are the worst enemies of philosophy, who is far more dishonoured by her own professing sons when they are corrupted by the world. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Without scruplewithout apologywithout much apparent diffidence, Mr. Elton, the lover of Harriet, was professing himself _her_ lover. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
校對:斯宾塞