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单词 profess
释义
Profess
vverb.communicationpractice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
Examples:
  • She professes organic chemistry
Hypernyms:claim
Inherited Hypernyms:professclaimaffirm
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- to move (apply to: profess)
vverb.communicationconfess one's faith in, or allegiance to
Examples:
  • The terrorists professed allegiance to their country
  • he professes to be a Communist
Derivationally Related Form:professing
Hypernyms:declare
Inherited Hypernyms:professdeclarestateexpress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE
vverb.communicationadmit (to a wrongdoing)
Synset:concede confess
Examples:
  • She confessed that she had taken the money
Derivationally Related Form:professionconfessorconfession
Hypernyms:acknowledge admit
Inherited Hypernyms:concedeadmitdeclareevaluatethink
Direct Hyponyms:fess upmake a clean breast ofown up
Full Troponyms:make a clean breast of
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE
vverb.communicationstate freely
Examples:
  • The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades
Hypernyms:declare
Inherited Hypernyms:professdeclarestateexpress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s that CLAUSE
vverb.communicationreceive into a religious order or congregation
Hypernyms:accept admit take take on
Inherited Hypernyms:professacceptacceptget
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.communicationtake vows, as in religious order
Examples:
  • she professed herself as a nun
Derivationally Related Form:profession
Hypernyms:vow
Inherited Hypernyms:professvowpledgepromisedeclarestateexpress
Direct Hyponyms:take the veil
Full Troponyms:take the veil
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s
vverb.communicationstate insincerely
Synset:pretend
Examples:
  • He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt
  • She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber
  • She pretends to be an expert on wine
Hypernyms:claim
Inherited Hypernyms:professclaimaffirm
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE
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