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 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。
• Any product that egregiously violates experience goals will ultimately fail, regardless of how well it purports to achieve other goals.
  任何违背了体验目标的系统最终会失败，而不管这些系统声称自己如何出色地实现了其他目标。
• Selfish behavior that purports to be altruistic.
  自称是利他主义的自私行为。
• The letter purports to express people's opinion.
  这封信声称是表达民众的意见。
• The binary data that purports to specify a requested compiled class or interface is malformed.
  负责指定所请求的编译类或接口的二进制数据形式有误。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。