profess的经典引文有哪些

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. 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"
   

1. 承认：今天有许多徒在顺利的环境下就承认(profess)他是徒. 但是碰到逆境的时候他就不承认了,说我不是徒. 真实的承认就不同了,无论在甚么环境里面,顺境也好,逆境也好,你都承认(confess)你是属于主的,因为你里面已经得着这一位主.

2. 表明：pretend假装 |profess表明 | promise承诺,答应

3. 伪称,声称：profane 世俗的 |profess 伪称,声称 |profession 职业

• profess one's faith表明宗教信仰
• profess a gaiety显示出快乐
• profess Islam表白信仰教
• profess modern languages打算教授现代语
• profess total ignorance自称一无所知

• profess boldly冒失地声称
• profess gaily愉快地显示
• profess shamelessly无耻地自称
• profess vainly含糊地表白

• She professed herself much relieved.

  出自：F. A. Kemble

• Theorists..quick to profess that much..that has been said..is wavering, chaotic.

  出自：M. H. Abrams

• Abolitionists, such as Belloc professed himself to be.

  出自：A. N. Wilson

• To profess nothing less than his 'unconditional devotion'.

  出自：P. Gay

1. profess的基本意思是“声称”,指在有反对意见的情况下明确陈述,本词的特征在于是区别于官方声明(declare)的个人陈述。profess有时含有所谓的或不真实的意味。
2. profess是及物动词,可接抽象名词、动词不定式、that从句作宾语,还可接以to be+ n./adj./v -ed充当补足语的复合宾语。可用于被动结构。