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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Part of their proof is the picture below, which purports to have been taken inside the ark.
  部分证据就是下面的照片，据说是在方舟内部拍照的。
• And thus I found myself contacting ad hominem, a two-woman firm that purports to bring Savile row to your doorstep.
  因此我联系了仅有两个女性员工的公司adhominem，该公司的宗旨是将萨维尔街服饰带到你的家门口。
• 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。
• 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 be official but is really private.
  那份文件据称是官方的，但实际上是私人的。
• 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。
• 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。