purporting

英 [pəˈpɔːtɪŋ]

美 [pərˈpɔːrtɪŋ]

v.  自称; 标榜
purport的现在分词

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

• Professor Finkelstein's comments came on the same day a video emerged purporting to show'a mothership and its fleet'zipping around in the clouds above a BBC building in central London.
  Finkelstein发表这一言论的同一天，在英国有人拍下了这样一段视频画面，在伦敦市中心的英国广播公司BBC的大楼上空，在云层之上出现了疑似外太空飞船和其舰队的踪迹。
• They have published stacks of studies ( and a Book) purporting to show that minimum wages hit jobs.
  他们发布了大量的研究成果（以及一本书）意图说明最低工资会减少就业机会。
• ( law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
  （法律）证明被告不可能犯指控罪行的辩护。
• Cindy Adams ( Columnist): He's not purporting to be Mother Teresa.
  辛迪•亚当斯（专栏作家）：他无意成为德兰修女。
• No registered ship shall fly any colours purporting to be or closely resembling the proper colours which are not the proper colours.
  注册船舶不得悬挂看来是或近似正确船旗但实在并非正确船旗的船旗。
• Therefore, much was made of a recent Pew Research poll purporting to show a sharp rise in conflicts between rich and poor.
  因此，皮尤研究中心（PewResearch）最近一项旨在表明贫富之间冲突急剧上升的调查就显得特别耐人寻味。
• A recent analysis purporting to show the opposite has added to controversy over the bill.
  最近一项分析声称事实与此相反，这更增加了对这一法案的争议。
• The person so charged inspected an identity card or passport purporting to be the identity card or passport of the juvenile and believed on reasonable grounds that the juvenile was not a juvenile;
  被告人曾查阅声称为有关青少年之身份证或护照，并有充分理由相信该人并非为青少年；
• Fans encountering any web pages purporting to be written by United players should treat them with extreme scepticism.
  球迷们看到任何网站上有看起来像是球员写的文章都极不可信。
• Many tales were accompanied with photos purporting to show spiders half the size of a human.
  许多故事都附有说明这种蜘蛛有人体一半大小的图片。