purport

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pəˈpɔːt/    美 /pɚˈpɔɹt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Import, intention or purpose.
    — My practice, you say, refutes my doubts. But you mistake the purport of my question.
  2. A disguise; a covering. obsolete
    — For she her sex under that strange purport / Did use to hide.
动词 v.
  1. To convey, imply, or profess (often falsely or inaccurately).
    — He purports himself to be an international man of affairs.
  2. To intend.
    — He purported to become an international man of affairs.

词形变化

purports present,singular,third-person purporting participle,present purported participle,past purported past purports plural

词汇关系

衍生词
purportion purportless

词源

词源 1
From Middle English purporten, from Anglo-Norman purporter and Old French porporter (“convey, contain, carry”), from pur-, from Latin pro (“forth”) + Old French porter (“carry”), from Latin portō (“carry”).
词源 2
From Middle English purporten, from Anglo-Norman purporter and Old French porporter (“convey, contain, carry”), from pur-, from Latin pro (“forth”) + Old French porter (“carry”), from Latin portō (“carry”).
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