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单词 purport
释义

purport1/ʹpuhpawt/ noun formal

professed or implied meaning; import

purpose; intention

[Middle English from French purport content, tenor, from purporter to contain, from Old French porporter to convey, from por- pro-2 + porter to carry, from Latin portare]

purport2/pəʹpawt/ verb trans

to claim (to be something); to seem, esp to be intended to seem (to be something)

The book purports to be an objective analysis but is nothing more than a string of prejudices

to mean or signify (something)

purported adj
purportedly adv
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