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Purport Sth Formal Claim Purported Verb Noun Thing

To "purport" means to claim to be or do something, often with doubt about the truth of the claim.

If you say that someone or something purports to do or be a particular thing, you mean that they claim to do or be that thing, although you may not always believe that claim.

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/pə(r)pɔ͟ː(r)t/
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[VERB 动词]声称;自称;标榜 If you say that someone or something purports to do or be a particular thing, you mean that they claim to do or be that thing, although you may not always believe that claim.
  [V to-inf]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...a book that purports to tell the whole truth.

    声称要讲述全部事实的一本书


Oxford pur·port
verb
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noun
purport purports purported purporting
verb / pəˈpɔːt ; NAmE pərˈpɔːrt / purportto be/have sth ( formal) to claim to be sth or to have done sth, when this may not be true 自称;标榜 SYN
profess
◆ 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 / ˈpɜːpɔːt ; NAmE ˈpɜːrpɔːrt / [singular ] the purportof sth ( formal) the general meaning of sth 主要意思;大意;主旨 pur·port / pəˈpɔːt ; NAmE pərˈpɔːrt /
LDC
purport1 verb
purport2 noun
purportpur‧port1 /pɜːˈpɔːt $ pɜːrˈpɔːrt/ verb [intransitive, transitive]
Verb Table
Examples
formal to claim to be or do something, even if this is not truepurport to do something Two undercover officers purporting to be dealers infiltrated the gang.be purported to be something The document is purported to be 300 years old.—purportedly adverb:  a portrait purportedly of Shakespeare
purport1 verb
purport2 noun
purportpur‧port2 /ˈpɜːpɔːt, -pət $ ˈpɜːrpɔːrt/ noun [uncountable]
Word Origin
Examples
formal the general meaning of what someone says
WDF

purport

[pəˈpɔ:t]purported, purporting, purports

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声称(43%),意义(25%),意图(20%),意味着(4%),大要(4%),要旨(4%)
n.意义,主旨;意图
vt.声称;意图;意指;打算

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