purports是什么意思？

purports

• v. 声称是…，（装得）像是…的样子( purport的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• She purports to represent the whole group. 她自称代表整个团体。
• This document presumptuously purports to explain how to do research. 本文的主旨是解释如何做研究.
• He purports to be a rich businessman, but I don't believe him. 他有一副大商人的派头, 但是我不相信他.
• The document purports to be official but is really private. 那份文件据称是官方的,但实际上是私人的.
• ...a book that purports to tell the whole truth. 声称要讲述全部事实的一本书

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