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 tape recording purports to be of a conversation between the princess and a secret admirer.
  这录音带据称是王妃和她的一个秘密爱慕者之间的谈话。
• The problems this bill purports to address are already being resolved.
  该法案意图处理的问题早已解决了。
• 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。
• I invite the House to vote against the Government's motion and not to support a motion which purports to take us faster into a Community which cannot reflect the aspirations of those who pur us here.
  我在此敦请下院投票反对政府议案，你们不该支持一个自诩要把我们尽快带入欧共体的议案，因为这个欧共体不能反映选派我们来这里的人民的意愿。
• Beijing cannot dream of selling down its Treasury holdings without triggering the very dollar collapse it purports to dread.
  北京不可能幻想抛售所持美国国债，而不会引发它据称担心的美元崩溃。
• I didn't read it all but I think the purports of the letter was that he will not be returning for at least a year.
  我没有仔细读，但我想这封信的大意是他至少一年内不会回来。
• Any product that egregiously violates experience goals will ultimately fail, regardless of how well it purports to achieve other goals.
  任何违背了体验目标的系统最终会失败，而不管这些系统声称自己如何出色地实现了其他目标。
• The party purports to be the alternative government in britain.
  该党声称自己是英国现有政府的另一选择。
• He purports to be a rich businessman, but I don't believe him.
  他有一副大商人的派头，但是我不相信他。
• 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。