n.

1. （尤指受过良好教育或专门训练者，如律师、医生、教师的）职业[C]
   She intends to make teaching her profession.

   她打算以教书为业。

2. 同业，同行[the S][G]
   The teaching profession claim that they are badly paid.

   教师同行们声称待遇太差。

   He is a leading member of the medical profession.

   他是医疗界中首屈一指的医生。

3. 声明；表白[C][（+of）]
   She did not believe in his professions of love.

   她不相信他的爱情表白是真的。

n.

1. a paid occupation, especially one involving training and a formal qualification.
   ▸ [treated as sing. or pl.] a body of people engaged in a profession.
2. an open but typically false claim:
   a profession of allegiance.
3. a declaration of belief in a religion.
   ▸the vows made on entering a religious order.
   ▸the fact of being professed in a religious order.