| 释义 |
purˈportedly, adv.
[f. purported ppl. a. + -ly2.]
Allegedly, ostensibly.
1949Scrutiny XVI. 10 The poem..was..Frere's..Prospectus and Specimen of an Intended National Work purportedly written by the brothers Whistlecraft. 1957J. Hollander in N. Frye Sound & Poetry 76 Orsino's appetite at the start of the play is purportedly for Olivia. 1964D. F. Galouye Counterfeit World xii. 105 The firm I purportedly represented. 1967R. Stein Great Cars 113/1 I've never driven one. But purportedly one of these hotter types would go from 0 to 100 in 17 seconds! 1976Daily Tel. 1 Mar. 2/1 Cases of purportedly sterilised women becoming pregnant had recently become more common. |