purports

英 [pəˈpɔːts]

美 [pərˈpɔːrts]

v.  自称; 标榜
purport的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 声称；自称；标榜
  If you say that someone or somethingpurports todo or be a particular thing, you mean that they claim to do or be that thing, although you may not always believe that claim.
  1. ...a book that purports to tell the whole truth.
     声称要讲述全部事实的一本书

双语例句

• The document purports to be official but is really private.
  那份文件据称是官方的，但实际上是私人的。
• A grand design that purports to unite disparate elements.
  旨在把根本不同的要素结合起来的一项宏伟设计。
• So nowadays doing some exploration on wholesale enterprises operation innovation has theoretical and practical purports.
  因而在当前的形势下，对批发企业经营创新的探索有着重要的理论与现实意义。
• In too many aspects it looks like a charter for corporate America rather than the high-level trade agreement it purports to be.
  在太多方面，TPP看起来更像是颁给美国企业的许可证，而非其声称的那种高规格贸易协定。
• This does a disservice to the very public for which CSPI purports to serve.
  这对于CSPI的服务对象来说反而是一种伤害行为。
• The document purports to is an official statement.
  该文件据称是一项正式声明。
• The letter purports to express people's opinion.
  这封信声称是表达民众的意见。
• The mortal flaw in the advertised version of happiness is in the fact that it purports to be effortless.
  商业广告中所宣扬的那种幸福观，其致命的缺陷就在于这样一个事实，即它宣称，一切幸福皆唾手可得，不费吹灰之力。
• As a result, each book purports to present something new and interesting about the authors'interpretations of the values and principles.
  这就导致几乎每一本书都宣称自己介绍了一些作者关于价值和原则的新的有趣的想法。
• Maxwell purports that in every culture, society and nation, people ask those three questions of their leaders, and they do so continually.
  麦克斯韦尔表示，在任何一种文化、社会和国家中，人们都会一直关注这三个问题。