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

• China is locked in a Dale Carnegie era, with bookstore shelves dominated by titles purporting to explain how to gain a leg up.
  中国进入了戴尔·卡内基时代，书店的书架上满是“教导你如何获得成就的标题”的书籍。
• To its defenders, trash has the virtue of honesty-of not purporting to be anything other than what it is, which is, well, trash
  对其拥护者而言，垃圾文化自有一种诚实的美德&决不承认自己是任何其他东西，垃圾，就是垃圾
• A letter purporting to come from his father
  声称来自他父亲的一封信
• Various fraudulent schemes purporting to be from or associated with the World Health Organization ( WHO), have been circulating.
  各种声称来自或与世界卫生组织（世卫组织）有关联的欺诈计划在四处传播。
• 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。
• ( 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。
• There were advertisements for cosmetics purporting to delay the development of wrinkles.
  有些化妆品广告煞有介事地声称能延缓皱纹的出现。
• 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。
• 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。
• The overarching theme was a group of puppets purporting to be a pop band.
  该广告的大主题是一组号称是一个流行乐队的玩偶。