🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
TOEFL BNC: 11100 COCA: 10336

profess

verb

pro·​fess prə-ˈfes How to pronounce profess (audio)
prō-
professed; professing; professes

transitive verb

1
: to receive formally into a religious community following a novitiate by acceptance of the required vows
2
a
: to declare or admit openly or freely : affirm
b
: to declare in words or appearances only : pretend, claim
3
: to confess one's faith in or allegiance to
4
a
: to practice or claim to be versed in (a calling or profession)
b
: to teach as a professor

intransitive verb

1
: to make a profession or avowal
2
obsolete : to profess friendship

Example Sentences

He professes confidence in his friend. They profess loyalty to the king.
Recent Examples on the Web There's a dating app in the works for singles who want to only swipe right – for possible matches who profess conservative political leanings. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2022 Remember American politicians who profess to be aghast at foreign interference in domestic U.S. politics? The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 July 2022 Prior to Monday's hearing, Shah had continued to profess her innocence. Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2022 At most, a new coach and front office may profess to need two years to transform a struggling team into a playoff contender. Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 30 June 2022 What better way to profess your love than with tattoo ink? Gabi Thorne, Allure, 11 July 2022 We’d be disgusted enough by the hypocrisy of those who profess empty compassion, or feign concern over mental illness, to shun them from public life. Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2022 Among the believers was actor Michael Chiklis, a Lowell native and devoted fan of all Boston sports, who took to social media to profess his love of and belief in the Celtics. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 Peterson agreed to talk to me not to profess his innocence. Addie Morfoot, Variety, 15 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

in sense 1, from Middle English, from profes, adjective, having professed one's vows, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin professus, from Latin, past participle of profitēri to profess, confess, from pro- before + fatēri to acknowledge; in other senses, from Latin professus, past participle — more at confess

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of profess was in the 14th century

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime