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professing

/prəˈfesɪŋ/

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verb

发誓，宣誓加入 (宗教团体)。

To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. (Chiefly in passive.)

Examples :

"Sister Agnes was professed last year, officially becoming a nun in the order. "

艾格尼丝修女去年宣誓加入修道会，正式成为一名修女。

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verb

声称, 自称

To declare oneself (to be something).

Examples :

"She was professing her love for him loudly in the school hallway. "

她正在学校走廊里大声地声称爱着他。

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verb

声明，断言。

To declare; to assert, affirm.

Examples :

"She was professing her innocence, even though everyone saw her take the cookie. "

虽然大家都看见她拿了饼干，她还是在声明她是无辜的。

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verb

声称，自称，宣称

To make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity.

Examples :

"He kept professing his innocence, but everyone knew he was lying. "

他一直声称自己是无辜的，但大家都知道他在撒谎。

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verb

宣称，声称，公开表明。

To declare one's adherence to (a religion, deity, principle etc.).

Examples :

"Even though he was raised in a Christian home, he now spends most of his time professing atheism. "

即使他从小在基督教家庭长大，现在却把大部分时间都花在公开宣称自己是无神论者。

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verb

执教，任教。

To work as a professor of; to teach.

Examples :

"Professor Davis has been professing mathematics at the university for over twenty years. "

戴维斯教授已经在该大学执教数学超过二十年了。

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声称，自称。

To claim to have knowledge or understanding of (a given area of interest, subject matter).

Examples :

"She kept failing the history quizzes despite professing a deep understanding of the subject. "

虽然她声称自己对历史这门科目有深刻的理解，但历史小测验还是一直不及格。

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