中文词源
purport 自称，标榜
pur-,向前，-port,含有，承载，词源同porter,comport.引申词义自称，标榜等。
英语词源
- purport (n.)
- early 15c., from Anglo-French purport (late 13c.), Old French porport "contents, tenor," back-formation from purporter "to contain, convey, carry," from pur- (from Latin pro- "forth;" see pur-) + Old French porter "to carry," from Latin portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)).
- purport (v.)
- early 15c., "indicate, express, set forth," from the noun in English and from Anglo-French purporter (c. 1300), from Old French purporter (see purport (n.)). Related: Purported; purporting.
权威例句
- 1. The book does not purport to be a complete history of the period.
- 本书无意标榜为那个时期的全史。
- 2. Many theories purport to explain growth in terms of a single cause.
- 许多理论都标榜以单一的原因解释生长.
- 3. What's the purport of her letter?
- 她的信的大意是什么?
- 4. Her letter may purport her forthcoming arrival.
- 她的来信可能意味着她快要到了.
- 5. Documents leaked to this newspaper purport to reveal that radioactive waste is being illegally dumped on the site.
- 透露给报纸的文件声称是揭露放射性废料正被非法倾倒到此地一事.
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