Wordiyopurport
🇬🇧 UK/'pә:pɒ:t/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2
Definitions
v.
To claim or appear to be something, often falsely or without proof.
声称，自称；意味着（常含不实之意）
n.
The main meaning, intention, or purpose of something.
要旨，主旨；意图，目的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.purport to be声称是／自称为
- 2.purport to show声称表明
- 3.purport to represent声称代表
- 4.[purport to claim]宣称
Example Sentences
- 1.
The document purports to be a signed confession, but experts doubt its authenticity.
- 2.
The organization purports to help the poor, yet little aid ever reaches them.
- 3.
What does this letter purport to prove about his innocence?