to profess Christianity / Islam / Judaism

기독교/이슬람교/유대교 소속이다


Although they were Christian, he did not profess any 


faith.


[ 기독교인지만 본인이 기독교인이라고 말하고 다니지는 


않았다.]



The word professing means "to declare openly". So a "professing Christian" is one who declares their faith openly. This leads to the conclusion that the opposite of a professing Christian is one who does not announce his or her faith. They may believe and practice their Christianity in private.


---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

to ​state something, sometimes in a way that is not ​sincere( to ​claim something, sometimes ​falsely:)


==> 뉘앙스가 "~라고 말은 하는데..." 


[+ to infinitive] They professed to have no ​knowledge of the ​event.그들은 그 일에 아는 게 없다고 주장했다.[그렇게 말은 하지만 아니라고 생각함.]
[T] She ​continues to profess her ​innocence.

She professes not to be ​interested in ​money.
I don't profess to know all the ​details about the ​case.
She professes ​ignorance of the ​whole affairthough I'm not ​sure I ​believe her.
[그녀는 그 일에 대해 전혀 아는바가 없다고 하는 데, 글쎄
못 미더운데.]


'Vocabulary' 카테고리의 다른 글

windswept, tether,lumbago(요통)  (0) 2016.02.10
silkworm, lacquer, intermarry(용법에 주목.), coommonplace  (0) 2016.02.01
timocracy, oligarchy, outrival  (0) 2016.01.25
unseat, bob(verb), tumble  (0) 2016.01.25
ostracize, ostensible, glib  (0) 2016.01.24
Posted by Korean 마스크맨
,