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

• The State Department countered the accusation with a lizard of statistics purporting to show improvement.
  国务院用自称能说明工作改进的数据驳斥指责。
• A man purporting to be her long-lost uncle.
  一个自称是她长期失散的叔叔的人。
• Isis posted images on Twitter purporting to show the execution of hundreds of Iraqi soldiers, inflaming passions among the Shia community, although the pictures could not be verified.
  Isis在Twitter上发布了据称是处决数百名伊拉克士兵的图片，点燃了什叶派民众进行反击的热情，尽管这些图片的真实性还有待考证。
• Any document purporting to be a document duly executed under the common seal of the Council shall, unless there is evidence to the contrary, be deemed to be a document so executed and shall be received in evidence without further proof.
  任何看来是用评审局法团印章妥为签立的文件，除非有相反证据，否则须视作妥为签立的文件，且无须其它证明而须接受为证据。
• China is locked in a Dale Carnegie era, with bookstore shelves dominated by titles purporting to explain how to gain a leg up.
  中国进入了戴尔·卡内基时代，书店的书架上满是“教导你如何获得成就的标题”的书籍。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If Oswald or someone purporting to be oswald.
  若奥斯华或宣称是奥斯华的人。
• A letter purporting to come from his father
  声称来自他父亲的一封信