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pro·fess AHD[prə-fĕsʹ, prō-] D.J.[prəˈfes, prəʊ-]K.K.[prəˈfɛs, pro-]v.(动词)pro.fessed, pro.fess.ing, pro.fess.es v.tr.(及物动词)- To affirm openly; declare or claim:公开承认;宣布或声称:"I profess both to learn and to teach anatomy, not from books but from dissections"(William Harvey)“我确认在学习和讲授解剖学中都不能靠书本,而应靠解剖标本”(威廉·哈维)
- To make a pretense of; pretend:自称…;假装:"He professed to despise everything that had happened since 1850"(Louis Auchincloss)“他自称厌恶自1850年以来发生的一切事情”(路易斯·奥金克洛斯)
- To claim skill in or knowledge of:执…为业:声称精通某一技术或知识:profess medicine.行医
- To affirm belief in:宣称信仰:profess Catholicism.宣称信仰天主教
- To receive into a religious order or congregation.接受入教:接受…加入宗教组织或团体
v.intr.(不及物动词)- To make an open affirmation.声称:公开承认
- To take the vows of a religious order or congregation.宣誓入教:宣誓加入某宗教组织或团体
- Middle English professen [to take vows] 中古英语 professen [宣誓]
- from Old French profes [that has taken a religious vow] from Medieval Latin professus [avowed] 源自 古法语 profes [已宣誓的人] 源自 中世纪拉丁语 professus [公开,宣称]
- and from Medieval Latin professāre [to administer a vow] 并源自 中世纪拉丁语 professāre [进行宣誓]
- both from Latin professus [past participle of] profitērī [to affirm openly] 都源自 拉丁语 professus profitērī的过去分词 [公开宣布]
- pro- [forth] * see pro- 1pro- [向外,向前] * 参见 pro-1
- fatērī [to acknowledge] * see bhā- 2fatērī [承认] * 参见 bhā- 2
professʹedly AHD[-fĕsʹĭd-lē] (副词) |