Professing a need for love could also be taken as evidence that you weren't ready for it.

公开承认对爱的需求可以作为证据之一，证明你其实还没准备好。

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At China's 60th anniversary bash last month, Zhang Yuanyuan, a China-born, permanent resident of Singapore, was caught on camera professing her love for her native country.

上月中国国庆60周年庆典中，出生中国的新加坡永久居民张元元在电视上表达了她对祖国的热爱。

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He sent a letter a day professing his love for her.

他每天寄一封信公开表示他对她的爱。

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The row took a new twist last week, when Mr Depardieu applied for Russian citizenship, professing his love for a "great democracy".

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