profess to

基本解释

He scorns poverty experts who profess to know more about the subject than the people who live it.
他对那些自称比生活在其中的穷人还要了解贫困的专家嗤之以鼻。
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.
我差不多公开宣称是一名作家，但没有什么言语、没有什么表现手段能够表达我对数以百计帮助我的人的感谢。
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.
他们公开宣称具有同样的价值观，但他们的价值付诸实施的结果是,是伊拉克战争，是一团糟,我们现在正身处其中。

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.
霍布斯说，他将谴责那些,主张个人主义或教派主义的学说，以及那些对君主提出批判，的教派势力。
耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选
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.
他们公开宣称具有同样的价值观，但他们的价值付诸实施的结果是,是伊拉克战争，是一团糟,我们现在正身处其中。
普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选
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.
那些宣称热爱联邦的人,并不急着想保存奴隶制,同时那些反战的人,他们以行动昭告天下,战争会持续到这种被人唾骂的制度结束
耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

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.