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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Selfish behavior that purports to be altruistic.
  自称是利他主义的自私行为。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。