purporting

英 [pəˈpɔːtɪŋ]

美 [pərˈpɔːrtɪŋ]

v.  自称; 标榜
purport的现在分词

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

• To its defenders, trash has the virtue of honesty-of not purporting to be anything other than what it is, which is, well, trash
  对其拥护者而言，垃圾文化自有一种诚实的美德&决不承认自己是任何其他东西，垃圾，就是垃圾
• Professor Finkelstein's comments came on the same day a video emerged purporting to show'a mothership and its fleet'zipping around in the clouds above a BBC building in central London.
  Finkelstein发表这一言论的同一天，在英国有人拍下了这样一段视频画面，在伦敦市中心的英国广播公司BBC的大楼上空，在云层之上出现了疑似外太空飞船和其舰队的踪迹。
• Isis posted images on Twitter purporting to show the execution of hundreds of Iraqi soldiers, inflaming passions among the Shia community, although the pictures could not be verified.
  Isis在Twitter上发布了据称是处决数百名伊拉克士兵的图片，点燃了什叶派民众进行反击的热情，尽管这些图片的真实性还有待考证。
• A man purporting to be her long-lost uncle.
  一个自称是她长期失散的叔叔的人。
• No registered ship shall fly any colours purporting to be or closely resembling the proper colours which are not the proper colours.
  注册船舶不得悬挂看来是或近似正确船旗但实在并非正确船旗的船旗。
• Cindy Adams ( Columnist): He's not purporting to be Mother Teresa.
  辛迪•亚当斯（专栏作家）：他无意成为德兰修女。
• Therefore, much was made of a recent Pew Research poll purporting to show a sharp rise in conflicts between rich and poor.
  因此，皮尤研究中心（PewResearch）最近一项旨在表明贫富之间冲突急剧上升的调查就显得特别耐人寻味。
• They have published stacks of studies ( and a Book) purporting to show that minimum wages hit jobs.
  他们发布了大量的研究成果（以及一本书）意图说明最低工资会减少就业机会。
• A recent analysis purporting to show the opposite has added to controversy over the bill.
  最近一项分析声称事实与此相反，这更增加了对这一法案的争议。
• If Oswald or someone purporting to be oswald.
  若奥斯华或宣称是奥斯华的人。