英语词汇“purport”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

purportpurport1 /pɚˈpɔrt/ ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive]

VERB TABLE

purport

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	purport
	he, she, it	purports
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	purported
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have purported
	he, she, it	has purported
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had purported
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will purport
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have purported

Continuous Form
Present	I	am purporting
	he, she, it	is purporting
	you, we, they	are purporting
Past	I, he, she, it	was purporting
	you, we, they	were purporting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been purporting
	he, she, it	has been purporting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been purporting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be purporting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been purporting

formal to claim to be someone or something, or to make people believe that something is true, even if it is not: purport to do/be something The photograph purports to show American pilots missing in Vietnam.—purported adjective: the purported leader of the group—purportedly adverb