purport
英 [p?'p??t]
美['p?p?t]
- vt. 聲稱；意圖；意指；打算
- n. 意義，主旨；意圖
TEM8GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?purports;過去式:?purported;過去分詞:?purported;現(xiàn)在分詞:?purporting;
中文詞源
purport 自稱，標榜
pur-,向前，-port,含有，承載，詞源同porter,comport.引申詞義自稱，標榜等。
英文詞源
- 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" (see port (n.1)).
- purport (v.)
- early 15c., "indicate, express, set forth," from the noun in English and from Anglo-French purporter (c. 1300), from Old French purporter (see purport (n.)). Related: Purported; purporting.
雙語例句
- 1. The book does not purport to be a complete history of the period.
- 本書無意標榜為那個時期的全史。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. Many theories purport to explain growth in terms of a single cause.
- 許多理論都標榜以單一的原因解釋生長.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. What's the purport of her letter?
- 她的信的大意是什么?
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Her letter may purport her forthcoming arrival.
- 她的來信可能意味著她快要到了.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. Documents leaked to this newspaper purport to reveal that radioactive waste is being illegally dumped on the site.
- 透露給報紙的文件聲稱是揭露放射性廢料正被非法傾倒到此地一事.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》