Many profess to have supreme knowledge because, thereby, they will easily earn their livelihood.

She likes to profess medicine.

她喜欢做医生.

In court, the man was still professing his innocence.

在法庭上,该男子仍称自己是无辜的。

I don't profess to be an expert in this subject.

我不敢自诩为这方面的专家。

I don't profess to be a scholar.

我并没自称是学者.

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

23也要坚守我们所承认的指望, 不至摇动.因为那应许我们的是信实的.

Bacher professed himself pleased with the Indian tour.

巴奇尔表示对印度之行很满意。

He professed to be puzzled about such base suspicions of Soviet motives.

他对我们竟然对苏联的动机有这样不好的怀疑佯装迷惑不解.

He professed himself to have made a great mistake.

他承认自己犯了大错误.

a professed atheist

公开声称是无神论者的人

The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades.

这位老师承认,在给学生打分上,他不很大方.

He professed to know nothing about the matter.

他声称对此事一无所知.

He professed himself to be a poet.

他自称是诗人.

For all their professed ideological similarities, North Korea and China are worlds apart.

尽管所声称的意识形态有相似之处, 但北朝鲜与中国有着天壤之别.

He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt.

他开始宣称自己是无辜的,后来又承认了他的罪行.

He professed that he could do nothing about it.

他承认自己对此无能为力.

And some of the politicians [ in his country ] like in many countries, professed democracy.

就像许多国家一样,在他住的国家有一些政治 人物, 宣称实行民主制度.

He professed himself satisfied.

他声称感到满意.

He professed optimism about the future.

他声称对未来乐观.

They who deny us this right are false to their own professed principles of human equality.

凡是不肯给我们这种权利的人,就违背了他们自己所宣扬的人类平等的原则.

a professed Christian/anarchist

公开表明信仰的基督教徒；公开表明立场的无政府主义者