purport
purport 英 [pəˈpɔ:t] 美 [pərˈpɔrt]
vt. 声称；意图；意指；打算 n. 意义，主旨；意图
进行时:purporting 过去式:purported 过去分词:purported 第三人称单数:purports 名词复数:purports
- Use purport when you want to convince people about something that might not be true, like when you purport that the dog ate your homework.
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- vt. 声称；意图；意指；打算
- n. 意义，主旨；意图
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1. He purport that the dog ate his homework.
他声称那狗吃了他的作业。
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2. 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。
- purport (n.) early 15c., from Anglo-French purport (late 13c.), Old French porport "contents, tenor," back-formation from purporter "to contain, convey, carry," from pur- (from Latin pro- "forth;" see pur-) + Old French porter "to carry," from Latin portare "to carry" (from PIE root *per-(2) "to lead, pass over").
- purport (v.) early 15c., "indicate, express, set forth," from the noun in English and from Anglo-French purporter (c. 1300), from Old French purporter "to contain, convey, carry," from pur- (from Latin pro- "forth;" see pur-) + Old French porter "to carry," from Latin portare "to carry" (from PIE root *per-(2) "to lead, pass over"). Related: Purported; purporting.
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