professes

常見例句

用作動詞 (v.)

用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

• He professed his belief in her innocence.
  他宣稱他相信她是無罪的。
• He professed his dislike of music.
  他聲言不喜歡音樂。
• She professed total ignorance of the matter.
  她自稱對那事一無所知。
• He professed Islam.
  他表白信仰伊斯蘭教。
• They professed optimism about the outcome.
  他們對結果表示樂觀。
• She is going to profess modern languages.
  她打算教授現(xiàn)代語。
• Her manner professed a gaiety that she did not feel.
  她的神態(tài)顯出一種她并未實際感受到的快樂。
• He professed himself with the price he'd got for his boat, though secretly he was very satisfied.
  盡管他暗自很滿意船的賣價,但他表面上假裝不滿意。

S+～+to- v

• They have become what they profess to scorn.
  他們成了自己曾聲稱看不起的那種人。
• I don't profess to know anything about poetry.
  我不認為對詩有什么了解。

S+～+that-clause

• He professed that he knew nothing about the plot.
  他聲稱對該陰謀毫不知情。
• I profess that I was surprised at the news.
  我承認這個消息使我感到驚奇。
• She professed that she could do nothing unaided.
  她承認自己不能獨立無助地做任何事。
• I profess that the idea is new to me.
  我承認這個概念對我而言是新穎的。

用作賓補動詞: S+～+ n./pron. +(to be) n./adj./v -ed

• I don't profess myself to be an expert on that subject.
  我不自認為是那個問題的專家。
• He professes himself to be sad but doesn't look it.
  他自稱感到悲傷,但外表卻看不出來。
• He professed himself a lover of music.
  他聲稱自己是個音樂愛好者。
• He professed himself unable to explain it.
  他承認自己不能解釋它。
• He professed himself convinced.
  他承認被說服了。
• He professed himself satisfied with the progress made.
  他表明自己對所取得的進步感到滿意。

用作動詞 (v.)

• They have become what they profess to scorn.
  他們成了自己曾聲稱看不起的那種人。
• Those who today pretend to be Christ's followers hypocritically profess to carry out those teachings now.
  今天那些冒牌的基督教徒假惺惺地聲稱他們現(xiàn)在要實行這些教導。
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