释义 |
professedpro‧fessed /prəˈfest/ adjective [only before noun] formal - a professed socialist
- Celia's professed admiration for her sister worried their parents.
- Because of his professed preference for isolation, it would take considerable time before Ewan was missed by other personnel on the base.
- But concord and harmony were the professed and accepted norm for the conduct of relations.
- But generally these researches have been regarded as a branch of historical studies, suitably only for professed historians.
- But, although a professed and conforming Anglican, he was often reviled as an atheist.
- Marriage was forbidden to priests and to professed religious.
- Now the other young man never believed any of his professed and contradictory reasons in the first place.
1used to describe a belief that someone has stated openly: a professed atheist2used to describe a feeling or attitude that someone says they have, but which may not be true: Their professed aim is to encourage democracy. |