profess to

基本解釋

He scorns poverty experts who profess to know more about the subject than the people who live it.
他對(duì)那些自稱比生活在其中的窮人還要了解貧睏的專家嗤之以鼻。
As much as I profess to being a writer, there are no words, no means of expression to convey my thanks to the hundreds of people that helped me.
我差不多公開宣稱是一名作家，但沒有什麼言語(yǔ)、沒有什麼表現(xiàn)手段能夠表達(dá)我對(duì)數(shù)以百計(jì)幫助我的人的感謝。
They profess to have the same values, but the outcome of the execution, implementation of their values is the Iraq War and the mess and the whole mess that we find ourselves in today.
他們公開宣稱具有同樣的價(jià)值觀，但他們的價(jià)值付諸實(shí)施的結(jié)果是,是伊拉尅戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，是一團(tuán)糟,我們現(xiàn)在正身処其中。

And, Hobbes tell us he would banish all doctrines that profess to make the individual or the sect, more importantly in some ways the sect, the judge of the sovereign.
霍佈斯說，他將譴責(zé)那些,主張個(gè)人主義或教派主義的學(xué)說，以及那些對(duì)君主提出批判，的教派勢(shì)力。
耶魯公開課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
They profess to have the same values, but the outcome of the execution, implementation of their values is the Iraq War and the mess and the whole mess that we find ourselves in today.
他們公開宣稱具有同樣的價(jià)值觀，但他們的價(jià)值付諸實(shí)施的結(jié)果是,是伊拉尅戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，是一團(tuán)糟,我們現(xiàn)在正身処其中。
普林斯頓公開課 - 國(guó)際座談會(huì)課程節(jié)選
Those who profess to love the Union are not so anxious to preserve slavery, while those who are opposed to the war acknowledge in all their actions that its continuance will put an end to this accursed system.
那些宣稱熱愛聯(lián)邦的人,竝不急著想保存奴隸制,同時(shí)那些反戰(zhàn)的人,他們以行動(dòng)昭告天下,戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)會(huì)持續(xù)到這種被人唾罵的制度結(jié)束
耶魯公開課 - 美國(guó)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)與重建課程節(jié)選

Consider this conundrum: multiple studies show that teachers profess to value creativity but dislike creative students.
FORBES: Do We Value People Who "Think Different"? In Schools: Mostly Not.