purport
verb /pəˈpɔːt/
/pərˈpɔːrt/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they purport | /pəˈpɔːt/ /pərˈpɔːrt/ |
| he / she / it purports | /pəˈpɔːts/ /pərˈpɔːrts/ |
| past simple purported | /pəˈpɔːtɪd/ /pərˈpɔːrtɪd/ |
| past participle purported | /pəˈpɔːtɪd/ /pərˈpɔːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form purporting | /pəˈpɔːtɪŋ/ /pərˈpɔːrtɪŋ/ |
- purport to be/have something to claim to be something or to have done something, when this may not be true
自称；标榜 - 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。
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘express, signify’): from Old French purporter, from medieval Latin proportare, from Latin pro- ‘forth’ + portare ‘carry, bear’. The sense ‘appear to be’ dates from the late 18th cent. - The book does not purport to be a complete history of the period.