n.

1. （尤指受過良好教育或專門訓練者，如律師，醫生，教師的）職業[C]
   She intends to make teaching her profession.

   她打算以教書為業。

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

   教師同業們聲稱待遇太差。

   He is a leading member of the medical profession.

   他是醫療業中首屈一指的醫生。

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

   她不相信他的愛情表白是真的。

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.