動詞 profess:

1. practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
   同義詞：profess
2. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
   同義詞：profess
3. admit, make a clean breast of
   同義詞：concede, profess, confess
4. state freely
   同義詞：profess
5. receive into a religious order or congregation
   同義詞：profess
6. take vows, as in religious order
   同義詞：profess
7. state insincerely
   同義詞：profess, pretend

形容詞 professed:

1. professing to be qualified
2. claimed with intent to deceive
3. openly declared as such
   同義詞：avowed

1. He professed that he knew nothing about the plot.
   他聲稱對該陰謀毫不知情。
2. They professed optimism about the outcome.
   他們對結(jié)果表示樂觀。
3. She professed total ignorance of the matter.
   她自稱對那事一無所知。
4. He professed himself satisfied with the progress made.
   他表明自己對所取得的進步感到滿意。
5. I'm rather sceptical about their professed sympathy for the poor.
   他們聲稱同情窮人，我對此有些懷疑。
6. He professed to know nothing about the matter.
   他聲稱對此事一無所知。
7. He professed himself to be a poet.
   他自稱是詩人。