英语词汇“purport”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

purport

verb /pəˈpɔːt

/ [with infinitive]

Appear to be or do something, especially falsely: she is not the person she purports to be (as adjective purported) the purported marriage was void...

The institution of marriage they are purporting to protect is an abstraction.
In doing this, the government is conceding victory to the very people whom it purports to be fighting.
Clearly she has achieved the good life, but what about the people she purports to represent?

Synonyms

claim, lay claim, profess, pretend;

set oneself up (as), appear, seem;

allege/maintain/assert/proclaim/imply that one is, be apparently, be ostensibly, pose as, impersonate, pass oneself off as, be disguised as, masquerade as, feign the identity of, pass for, represent oneself as

rare personate

noun /ˈpəːpɔːt

/ [mass noun]

1The meaning or sense of something, typically a document or speech: I do not understand the purport of your remarks...

Notably, these documents purport to describe only lawful campaign activities, and committee Democrats acknowledge they find no fault with those activities.
More than three dozen of these notes purport to document various fictional characters Morris scatters through his text.
Ordinarily, it is not sufficient to give the tenor, substance or purport of the libel or slander, or an approximation of the words, or words to a certain ‘effect’, or any other words of a similar import.

Synonyms

gist, substance, drift, implication, intention, meaning, significance, signification, sense, essence, import, tenor, thrust, message, spirit

1.1The purpose or intention of something: the purport of existence...

Under the Guarantee Boot agreed to answer for Construction's performance and observance of the Main Contract ‘according to the true purport intent and meaning thereof’.
He contended that the delay was remedied before any harm or prejudice was caused, and moreover, the defendant Vendors did not object or purport to rescind the agreement until after the breach had been remedied.
Although many use the mobile clinic as a medical home, it does not purport to have that designation.

Synonyms

intention, purpose, intent, object, objective, aim, goal, target, end, plan, scheme, design, idea, ambition, desire, wish, hope

Origin

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 century.

单词	purport
释义	purport verb /pəˈpɔːt / [with infinitive] Appear to be or do something, especially falsely: she is not the person she purports to be (as adjective purported) the purported marriage was void... The institution of marriage they are purporting to protect is an abstraction. In doing this, the government is conceding victory to the very people whom it purports to be fighting. Clearly she has achieved the good life, but what about the people she purports to represent? Synonyms claim, lay claim, profess, pretend; set oneself up (as), appear, seem; allege/maintain/assert/proclaim/imply that one is, be apparently, be ostensibly, pose as, impersonate, pass oneself off as, be disguised as, masquerade as, feign the identity of, pass for, represent oneself as rare personate noun /ˈpəːpɔːt / [mass noun] 1The meaning or sense of something, typically a document or speech: I do not understand the purport of your remarks... Notably, these documents purport to describe only lawful campaign activities, and committee Democrats acknowledge they find no fault with those activities. More than three dozen of these notes purport to document various fictional characters Morris scatters through his text. Ordinarily, it is not sufficient to give the tenor, substance or purport of the libel or slander, or an approximation of the words, or words to a certain ‘effect’, or any other words of a similar import. Synonyms gist, substance, drift, implication, intention, meaning, significance, signification, sense, essence, import, tenor, thrust, message, spirit 1.1The purpose or intention of something: the purport of existence... Under the Guarantee Boot agreed to answer for Construction's performance and observance of the Main Contract ‘according to the true purport intent and meaning thereof’. He contended that the delay was remedied before any harm or prejudice was caused, and moreover, the defendant Vendors did not object or purport to rescind the agreement until after the breach had been remedied. Although many use the mobile clinic as a medical home, it does not purport to have that designation. Synonyms intention, purpose, intent, object, objective, aim, goal, target, end, plan, scheme, design, idea, ambition, desire, wish, hope Origin 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 century. Rhymes abort, apport, assort, athwart, aught, besought, bethought, bort, bought, brought, caught, cavort, comport, consort, contort, Cort, court, distraught, escort, exhort, export, extort, fort, fought, fraught, import, methought, misreport, mort, naught, nought, Oort, ought, outfought, port, Porte, quart, rort, short, snort, sort, sought, sport, support, swart, taught, taut, thought, thwart, tort, transport, wart, wrought
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