purporting

英 [pəˈpɔːtɪŋ]

美 [pərˈpɔːrtɪŋ]

v.  自称; 标榜
purport的现在分词

柯林斯词典

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

双语例句

• Various fraudulent schemes purporting to be from or associated with the World Health Organization ( WHO), have been circulating.
  各种声称来自或与世界卫生组织（世卫组织）有关联的欺诈计划在四处传播。
• Professor Finkelstein's comments came on the same day a video emerged purporting to show'a mothership and its fleet'zipping around in the clouds above a BBC building in central London.
  Finkelstein发表这一言论的同一天，在英国有人拍下了这样一段视频画面，在伦敦市中心的英国广播公司BBC的大楼上空，在云层之上出现了疑似外太空飞船和其舰队的踪迹。
• They have published stacks of studies ( and a Book) purporting to show that minimum wages hit jobs.
  他们发布了大量的研究成果（以及一本书）意图说明最低工资会减少就业机会。
• A recent analysis purporting to show the opposite has added to controversy over the bill.
  最近一项分析声称事实与此相反，这更增加了对这一法案的争议。
• Discovering this, the mischievous boy wrote Meg a passionate love-letter, purporting to be from Brooke.
  劳里这个淘气的孩子，发现了这个秘密，就以布鲁克的名义给梅格写了一封热情洋溢的情书。
• Unfortunately, the antitrust law purporting to eliminate administrative monopoly ignores property, a core institution that exerts an important effect on protection.
  消除行政垄断的反垄断法方案，不得忽视产权这一对竞争有重要影响的制度核心。
• ( law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
  （法律）证明被告不可能犯指控罪行的辩护。
• Aviation buffs are buzzing over blurry photographs now surfacing on Chinese military websites purporting to show Beijing's first stealth fighter jet, the Chengdu J-20 fighter.
  航空迷们正对着中国军事网上几张模糊的照片窃窃私语，声称是北京的第一架隐形战斗机，成飞制造的J-20。
• Therefore, much was made of a recent Pew Research poll purporting to show a sharp rise in conflicts between rich and poor.
  因此，皮尤研究中心（PewResearch）最近一项旨在表明贫富之间冲突急剧上升的调查就显得特别耐人寻味。
• Cindy Adams ( Columnist): He's not purporting to be Mother Teresa.
  辛迪•亚当斯（专栏作家）：他无意成为德兰修女。