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purport

/verb per-pawrt, -pohrt, pur-pawrt, -pohrt; noun pur-pawrt, -pohrt/US // verb pərˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt, ˈpɜr pɔrt, -poʊrt; noun ˈpɜr pɔrt, -poʊrt //

旨意,旨趣,恉,旨语

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.
    • : to convey to the mind as the meaning or thing intended; express or imply.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the meaning, import, or sense: the main purport of your letter.
    • : purpose; intention; object: the main purport of their visit to France.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounmeaning, implication
Forms: purported, purporting

Examples

  • Ukrainian government intercepts also purport to reveal Ukrainian separatists acknowledging they controlled SA-11 systems.

  • Liberals, conservatives say, purport to care about the poor.

  • The photos purport to show a secret overnight visit by Hollande to his alleged paramour on Dec. 30.

  • In other words, this is a novel and does not purport to solve any of the myriad mysteries surrounding the killing of JFK.

  • There are photos on the Internet that purport to show you as a teenager, and you look a lot different from the way you do today.

  • Nothing but specific experience could have given sufficient ground for a conclusion to this purport.

  • But I believe that their purport is fairly described in the sentence above in the text.

  • To that frank purport spoke his Majesty;—and invites the Excellency Hotham to stay dinner.

  • At that moment I forgot the purport of my walk—my mother—all but the lovely object before me.

  • Finally, its purport, as stated by me above, is vouched for by Captain Ware as the aide de camp.