Purport



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.意义, 涵义
• ［英］ n.意义, 涵义 ( meaning conveyed, professed, or implied; gist)
• ［记］ pur ( 附近) ＋port ( 带) -> 带来 -> 要点, 意义; 注意: purpose ( 目的)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, content, tenor, from purporter to carry, mean, purport, from pur- thoroughly + porter to carry — more at purchase, port
• Date: 15th century
• meaning conveyed, professed, or implied ; import; also substance, gist

II. transitive verb

• Date: 15th century
• 1. to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) <a book that purports to be an objective analysis>; also claim <foreign novels which he purports to have translated — Mary McCarthy>
• 2. intend, purpose

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