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profess 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/prəˈfes/,/prō-/,
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professing, present participle; professed, past tense; professes, 3rd person singular present; professed, past participle;
  1. Claim openly but often falsely that one has (a quality or feeling)
    • - he had professed his love for her
    • - I don't profess to be an expert
    • - he professed himself amazed at the boy's ability
  2. Affirm one's faith in or allegiance to (a religion or set of beliefs)
    • - a people professing Christianity
  3. Be received into a religious order under vows
    • - she entered St. Margaret's Convent, and was professed in 1943
  4. Teach (a subject) as a professor
    • - a professor—what does he profess?
  5. Have or claim knowledge or skill in (a subject or accomplishment)

  1. practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry"
  2. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist"
  3. concede: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money"
  4. state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"
  5. receive into a religious order or congregation
  6. take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun"
  7. 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"
  8. professed(a): professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher"
  9. (professing) profession: an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement"
  10. (Professed) A vow (Lat. votum, vow, promise; see vote) is a promise or oath.
  11. 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; To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of; To present to knowledge of, to proclaim one's self versed in; to ...
  12. (professed) Having taken vows upon entering a monastic order, or a person who has done so.
  13. Openly acknowledge, or claim something that will enhance ones reputation, or increase ones liberty, or gain membership in a desired group. To speak a belief that goes along with popular opinion or the norm of the audience (whether truly believed or not). Opposite conditions from Confess. ...