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单词 professed
释义
professedpro‧fessed /prəˈfest/ adjective [only before noun] formal Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a professed socialist
  • Celia's professed admiration for her sister worried their parents.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • 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.
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