purported是什么意思？

purported

英[pəˈpɔ:tɪd] 美[pərˈpɔrtɪd]

• adj. 传说的，谣传的；
• v. 声称是…，（装得）像是…的样子( purport的过去式和过去分词 )；

副词：purportedly;

例句

• Chillingly, the state - controlled media have taken airing purported confessions from some of these prisoners. 更让人毛骨悚然的是, 当局掌控的媒体已经披露某些疑似入狱者的自白.
• He is the purported author of the story. 他是这个故事传说中的作者。
• The film purported to represent the lives of ordinary people. 这部影片声称旨在表现普通人的生活.
• the scene of the purported crime 传闻中的罪案发生地点

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  声称；自称；标榜
  If you say that someone or something purports to do or be a particular thing, you mean that they claim to do or be that thing, although you may not always believe that claim.
  例句
  ...a book that purports to tell the whole truth. 声称要讲述全部事实的一本书

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds;
  "the foundling's putative father""the reputed (or purported) author of the book""the supposed date of birth"