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 letter purports to express people's opinion.
  这封信声称是表达民众的意见。
• 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。
• The other priority should be to do what the Franco-German legislation purports to do, but on a grander scale: provide adequate insurance that banks do not bring down the economy and hold taxpayers at ransom.
  另一优先事务是要做到法德立法提案中声称要做的事，不过要采取重拳：构建充分的保障机制，防止银行拖累经济和“勒索”纳税人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 document purports to is an official statement.
  该文件据称是一项正式声明。
• 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。
• The theory complements the "sociometer model" that purports self-esteem has evolved as a marker for people's social status.
  这个理论填补了“社会关系测量学模式”的空白，该模式声称：自尊已逐渐成为人们社会地位的标识。
• 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。