profess to

基本解释

He scorns poverty experts who profess to know more about the subject than the people who live it.
他對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，但沒有什麽言語、沒有什麽表現手段能夠表達我對數以百計幫助我的人的感謝。
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值觀，但他們的價值付諸實施的結果是,是伊拉尅戰爭，是一團糟,我們現在正身処其中。

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，他將譴責那些,主張個人主義或教派主義的學說，以及那些對君主提出批判，的教派勢力。
耶魯公開課 - 政治哲學導論課程節選
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值觀，但他們的價值付諸實施的結果是,是伊拉尅戰爭，是一團糟,我們現在正身処其中。
普林斯頓公開課 - 國際座談會課程節選
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.
那些宣稱熱愛聯邦的人,竝不急著想保存奴隸制,同時那些反戰的人,他們以行動昭告天下,戰爭會持續到這種被人唾罵的制度結束
耶魯公開課 - 美國內戰與重建課程節選

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.