professes
v.
声称( profess的第三人称单数 );
宣称;
公开表明;
信奉;
例句:
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I detest the critical mannerism that professes to find good in everything.
来自P. Ackroyd
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This country professes to be a true democracy.
这个国家自称是真正的民主政体。
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She still professes her innocence.
她仍然声称自己无辜。
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He professes himself to be sad but doesn't look it.
他自称感到悲伤,但外表却看不出来.
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That is not the outcome Pyongyang professes to want.
来自BBC
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Swift professes a kind of auteur approach to marketing.
来自NEWYORKER