For all his professed disdain of such activities, Auden was an inveterate literary gossip.

(A) For all his professed disdain of such activities

(B) Having always professed disdain for such activities

(C) All such activities were, he professed, disdained, and

(D) Professing that all such activities were disdained（A）

(E) In spite of professions of disdaining all such activities

Disdain，鄙视，轻视，蔑视。

Profess，公开表明。

Inveterate，（指恶习等）根深蒂固的，由来已久的。

前半句和后半句是转折的关系吗?it's unbelievable..