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 art that purports to control or forecast natural events, effects, or forces by invoking the supernatural.
  巫术通过祁求神灵而达到得以控制或预测自然事件、结果或者力量目的手段。
• 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。
• That screen purports to offer the customer$ 10 off their most recent purchase.
  这个页面声称自己给客户刚刚购买的服务折去了10美元。
• 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。
• As a result, each book purports to present something new and interesting about the authors'interpretations of the values and principles.
  这就导致几乎每一本书都宣称自己介绍了一些作者关于价值和原则的新的有趣的想法。
• A grand design that purports to unite disparate elements.
  旨在把根本不同的要素结合起来的一项宏伟设计。
• The letter purports to express people's opinion.
  这封信声称是表达民众的意见。
• The paper purports to make an analysis of the construction of a new interpretation model and its implication in the perspective of text linguistics.
  本文旨在从语篇语言学的视角对口译模式构建及其启示进行分析。
• The mortal flaw in the advertised version of happiness is in the fact that it purports to be effortless.
  商业广告中所宣扬的那种幸福观，其致命的缺陷就在于这样一个事实，即它宣称，一切幸福皆唾手可得，不费吹灰之力。
• A new process has been reported recently, which purports to make electrolytic treatment of dilute copper cyanide solutions economically attractive.
  最近报道了一个新的方法，意欲使电解处理稀氰化铜溶液在经济上更吸引人。