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professor

/pruh-fes-er/US // prəˈfɛs ər //UK // (prəˈfɛsə) //

教授

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
    • : any teacher who has the rank of professor, associate professor, or assistant professor.
    • : a teacher.
    • : an instructor in some art or skilled sport: a professor of singing; a professor of boxing.
    • : a person who professes his or her sentiments, beliefs, etc.

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Examples

  • So says Xu Yuan, a professor of finance at Peking University.

  • Diana Avila, global head of banking and expansion, TransferWiseA book that had a big impact on me was The Monk and the Riddle, written by Randy Komisar, a professor of mine at Stanford.

  • The University of North Carolina sociologist and professor has been consistently prescient.

  • Cathy Cohen is a professor at the University of Chicago where she directs the GenForward Survey, a nationally representative survey of over 3,000 young adults ages 18–36.

  • Michelle Danyluk, a professor of food science at the University of Florida, says it’s “all about perception.”

  • Professor Penelope Leach told The Daily Beast it was ludicrous to monitor young children in that way.

  • Shakespeare,” said Professor Watson, “wrote a story for each of us and in them we can hear what we want.

  • A former superintendent of Milwaukee schools, he is now a Distinguished Professor of Education at Marquette University.

  • A Harvard-educated poet and professor, Linsker was arrested early Sunday morning and released without bail later that day.

  • Terry Castle has this great book called The Professor, which came out after I was in grad school.

  • More soldiers crowded into the cave and Professor-Commander Krafft came in behind them.

  • John Alphonsus Turretini died; professor of ecclesiastical history at Geneva, distinguished for his learning.

  • Dr. Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, founded the secret society of the illuminati.

  • Then my luck changed and I found myself under one of the very greatest teachers of his time, Professor Huxley.

  • Philip Limborch died; a Dutch professor of divinity, and author of a history of the inquisition.