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

• Isis posted images on Twitter purporting to show the execution of hundreds of Iraqi soldiers, inflaming passions among the Shia community, although the pictures could not be verified.
  Isis在Twitter上发布了据称是处决数百名伊拉克士兵的图片，点燃了什叶派民众进行反击的热情，尽管这些图片的真实性还有待考证。
• 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。
• Any document purporting to be a document duly executed under the common seal of the Council shall, unless there is evidence to the contrary, be deemed to be a document so executed and shall be received in evidence without further proof.
  任何看来是用评审局法团印章妥为签立的文件，除非有相反证据，否则须视作妥为签立的文件，且无须其它证明而须接受为证据。
• A photograph purporting to be the first sighting of a South China tiger for more than 30 years has prompted a search for the endangered animal.
  一张据称是30多年来首次拍到的华南虎照片，掀起了寻找这种濒危动物的热潮。
• 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。
• A letter purporting to come from his father
  声称来自他父亲的一封信
• The Daily Mail included photographs purporting to be the Queen gambling on horse racing amongst her subjects at a local Bookmaker.
  《每日邮报》刊图指出，英国女王和她的臣民们在当地的一家博彩店里赌马。
• 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。
• Aviation buffs are buzzing over blurry photographs now surfacing on Chinese military websites purporting to show Beijing's first stealth fighter jet, the Chengdu J-20 fighter.
  航空迷们正对着中国军事网上几张模糊的照片窃窃私语，声称是北京的第一架隐形战斗机，成飞制造的J-20。
• 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。