To make an open or public statement of, as one's belief, intentions, etc.; avow or acknowledge.

公开承认(如宗教信仰、意向等)。

To pretend.

佯装。

To set up a claim of.

扬言；自命。

To teach as a professor.

当(某一科目的)教授。

To make an avowal.

声言；公开承认。