purport

英 [pəˈpɔːt , ˈpɜːpɔːt]

美 [pərˈpɔːrt , ˈpɜːrpɔːrt]

v.  自称; 标榜
n.  主要意思; 大意; 主旨

第三人称单数：purports　现在分词：purporting　过去式：purported　过去分词：purported　

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牛津词典

verb

• 自称；标榜
  to claim to be sth or to have done sth, when this may not be true
  1. The book does not purport to be a complete history of the period.
     本书无意标榜为那个时期的全史。

noun

• 主要意思；大意；主旨
  the general meaning of sth

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

英英释义

noun

• the pervading meaning or tenor
  1. caught the general drift of the conversation
  Synonym:drift
• the intended meaning of a communication
  Synonym:intentspirit

verb

• propose or intend
  1. I aim to arrive at noon
  Synonym:aimpurposepropose
• have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming
  1. The letter purports to express people's opinion

双语例句

• What's the purport of her letter?
  她来信的意思是说她不能来。
• An Ecological Criticism on Capitalism: the Purport of "Marx's Theory of Metabolic Rift"
  对资本主义的生态批判&马克思的物质变换裂缝理论旨趣探析
• The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to create rights.
  《权利法案》的起草者们并未设想去创造权利。
• It's difficult to understand the purport of his speech.
  要了解他的演讲的主旨是困难的。
• This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems associated with its use.
  本标准无意陈述使用本标准所涉及的所有安全问题。
• This idea to realize the intellectualized control welding system has certain directive purport.
  对实现焊接系统的智能化控制具有一定的指导作用。
• Documents leaked to this newspaper purport to reveal that radioactive waste is being illegally dumped on the site.
  透露给报纸的文件声称是揭露放射性废料正被非法倾倒到此地一事。
• The obscure purport came from author's depress mental experience and life's dilemma.
  这种意旨模糊缘于作者对苦闷的心理体验和对人生困境的思考。
• On the Purport of Protestant Ethics and Spirit of Capitalism
  《新教伦理与资本主义精神》主旨思想透视
• Some researchers now purport that artificial sweeteners may negatively affect the metabolism and lead people to gain weight.
  一些研究员如今声称，人工增甜剂或许会对新陈代谢产生负面作用，同时导致体重增加。