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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The overarching theme was a group of puppets purporting to be a pop band.
  该广告的大主题是一组号称是一个流行乐队的玩偶。
• The person so charged inspected an identity card or passport purporting to be the identity card or passport of the juvenile and believed on reasonable grounds that the juvenile was not a juvenile;
  被告人曾查阅声称为有关青少年之身份证或护照，并有充分理由相信该人并非为青少年；
• ( 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A photograph purporting to be the first sighting of a South China tiger for more than 30 years has prompted a search for the endangered animal.
  一张据称是30多年来首次拍到的华南虎照片，掀起了寻找这种濒危动物的热潮。
• 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。