| 释义 |
professvt.
1. affirm,assert,declare断言，宣称，宣布。
△H.VIII.2.4. 82 (84): “I do profess / You speak not like your-self.”我可以断言，你说这些话，完全不像你自己的为人。
△ Lr.1.1.74 (72):“that I profess / Myself an enemy to allother joys / Which the most precious square of sensepossesses，”因为我得声明我对于最敏锐的感官所能感受到的一切快乐都是敌视的。
△Lr.1.4.14 (13): “I do profess tobe no less than I seem:”我敢声明我实质上不比外表差(又译：我表里如一)。
△ Oth.1.3. 341 (336): “I have pro-fessed me thy friend，”我已经声明是你的朋友。
△ Mac.5.7.27: “The day almost itself professes yours,/ Andlittle is to do.”i.e. You have almost won the battle. and there is little left to do. 胜利差不多自行宣布是属于你的了，没有多少可做的事了。
2. acknowledge承认。
△Oth.1.1. 54: “These fellowshave some soul,/ And such a one do I profess my-self.”这样的人倒还有点头脑，而我承认自己就是这样的一个人。
3. call one’s profession or occupation说出（自己的）职业，说出（自己）干什么。
△Lr.1.4.12(11):“What dost thouprofess? What wouldst thou with us?”i.e. What isyour job? What do you want with us?你是干什么的？ 你找我们有什么事？
4. claim to have a knowledge of or skill in,declareoneself expert in自称具有…方面的知识或技能，自称专精干…
△ Mac.4.1.50:“I conjure you,by that which youprofess，” i.e.by that knowledge you declare yourselfexpert in; the Black Art. 我召唤你们，用你们自称精通的法术。
△ Ado.3.4.66 (67): “how long have you pro-fessed apprehension?”i.e. how long have you set upfor a wit?你从什么时候起自命为说俏皮话的专家了？
△As.3.2.431 (404):“Yet I profess curing it by counsel.”但是我有办法指教你把它治好。
△1H.IV.5.2.90: “I thankhim that he cuts me from my tale,/ For I profess not talking；”i.e. talking is not my profession. 我谢谢他打断了我的讲话，因为我对说话不在行。 profess[prəˈfes]v.表白，表明，声称，假冒 |