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 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。
• Beijing cannot dream of selling down its Treasury holdings without triggering the very dollar collapse it purports to dread.
  北京不可能幻想抛售所持美国国债，而不会引发它据称担心的美元崩溃。
• The development of environmental manage measure, the origin and progress, principles, characteristics, purports, basic technique, application and limits of life-cycle assessment were summarized.
  本文系统地概述了环境管理工具的发展，生命周期评价的起源和发展，思想框架，主要特点、意义、评价基本方法及其应用、局限性。
• Selfish behavior that purports to be altruistic.
  自称是利他主义的自私行为。
• 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。
• 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 document purports to be official but is really private.
  那份文件据称是官方的，但实际上是私人的。
• 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。
• 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。