purported

英 [pəˈpɔːtɪd]

美 [pərˈpɔːrtɪd]

adj.  据称的; 传言的
v.  自称; 标榜
purport的过去分词和过去式

过去式：purported　

GRE

BNC.22051 / COCA.15990

牛津词典

adj.

• 据称的；传言的
  that has been stated to have happened or to be true, when this might not be the case
  1. the scene of the purported crime
     传闻中的罪案发生地点

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

• More scepticism might be expressed about some of the purported benefits of having new players, new instruments and new business models, it says in its annual report.
  国际清算银行在年报中指出：更加令人怀疑的，可能就是某些传说的新参与者、新工具和新业务模式的好处。
• The film purported to represent the lives of ordinary people.
  这部影片声称旨在表现普通人的生活。
• What did wine professionals think of the purported palate divide?
  葡萄酒专业人士对传说中的男女味觉差异有何看法呢？
• In this Review, we present an overview of the established and purported mechanisms for thrombogenesis in atrial fibrillation.
  在本篇综述中，作者列举了房颤时血栓形成的既有共识和可能的机制。
• In an email interview, an individual contacted via the purported electronic army Twitter feed said the group was made up of Syrian youth [ who] want to defend their country.
  记者通过一个据称是SEA的Twitter账户联系上其中一名成员，并通过电子邮件进行了采访。这位成员表示，该组织是由希望保卫自己国家的叙利亚年轻人组成的。
• But their purported leaders, whether Shia, Sunni or Kurd, tend to pursue factional and sectarian advantage, treating institutions as booty in a zero-sum game that threatens the survival of the country.
  但他们所谓的领导人无论是什叶派、逊尼派还是库尔德人倾向于捞取派系和宗派之利，把国家机构当成零和游戏中的战利品。这种零和游戏威胁到伊拉克的存亡。
• His lawyers had argued that the European arrest warrant was invalid, disproportionate, and that the purported offences would not be considered crimes in the UK.
  他的律师此前曾表示，欧洲逮捕令是没有法律依据和过分的。他们称，瑞典检方指控的罪行在英国并不被视为犯罪。
• Any purported assignment without the written approval of the company shall be absolutely void against the company.
  未经业主书面同意的任何声称的转让对业主都是绝对无效的。
• Educationalists have purported to demonstrate that there is no advantage in middle-class families sending their children to private schools.
  教育学家声称他们已经论证了中产阶级家庭把孩子送到私立学校就读并没有什么太大的好处。
• The judges will now study this purported new evidence.
  法官们现在要研究这个所谓的新证据。