profess
v
(fml 文)
1 [Tn, Tf, Tt, Cn.a]
claim (sth), often falsely 声称, 自称, 伪称, 妄称(某事物)
I don't profess expert knowledge of/to be an expert in this subject. 我并不自诩对这一问题内行[是这一问题的专家].
She professed total ignorance of the matter. 她自称对那事一无所知.
He professed that he knew nothing about the plot. 他声称对该阴谋毫不知情.
2 [Tn, Cn.a] state openly that one has (a belief, feeling, etc) 公开表明(信仰、 感情等)
They professed optimism about the outcome. 他们对结果表示乐观.
He professed himself satisfied with the progress made. 他表明自己对所取得的进步感到满意.
3 [Tn]
(a) publicly declare one's faith in (a religion) 宣布自己的(宗教)信仰
Christians profess their faith when they say the Creed. 基督教徒在念信经时就表明了他们的宗教信仰.
(b) have or belong to(the specified religion) 具有, 忠於(某宗教信仰)
professIslam 信仰伊斯兰教.
There's something wrong with my left shoulder. I hurt it while I was doing gym. I've got a pain here too.
我的左肩疼痛。我做体操时受伤了。这里也疼。
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.