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Definition of purport in English: purportverb pəˈpɔːtpərˈpɔrt with infinitive Appear to be or do something, especially falsely. 看起来是，显得想做（尤指假充） she is not the person she purports to be 她并非看上去的那种人。 Example sentencesExamples - He is held out as a director by the company, claims and purports to be a director, although never actually or validly appointed as such.
- I am shocked that a newspaper which purports to serve the interests of its readers should attack such an eminent social engineer.
- It is part of the problem which it purports to address, rather than the solution.
- I was planning to write at length about the film, and the danger it poses by purporting to be an accurate representation of the truth about capitalism.
- This would be an easy and lucrative way to take but, somehow, if one purports to be a local supplier, then a local supplier you have to be.
- Note that this is a theory which purports to explain the opinions of people, not government.
- In the programme, former jockey Osborne was approached by people purporting to be considering buying a horse from him.
- A constable had purported to arrest a person for obstruction, an offence which did not carry any power of arrest.
- The mayor warned people to beware of bogus charities purporting to be collecting money for victims' families.
- Well, your Honour, in our submission, they were not purporting to pretend.
- In doing this, the government is conceding victory to the very people whom it purports to be fighting.
- It may be, however, that the person purporting to grant the lease proves to have a defective title himself.
- Even when it tramples all over other principles that he purports to hold dear.
- The person purporting to exercise his discretion has acted in abuse or excess of his power.
- A person purporting to be a doctor may carry more credible messages about a new toothpaste than a television presenter, for example.
- Clearly she has achieved the good life, but what about the people she purports to represent?
- Has this man no respect for the people who he is purported to serve?
- They now deserve a decent answer from the people who got their votes, those who purported to be in a position to deliver.
- The institution of marriage they are purporting to protect is an abstraction.
- An enquiry would have revealed that the man who opened the account was not the person he purported to be.
Synonyms claim, lay claim, profess, pretend set oneself up (as), appear, seem allege/maintain/assert/proclaim/imply that one is, be apparently, be ostensibly, pose as, impersonate, pass oneself off as, be disguised as, masquerade as, feign the identity of, pass for, represent oneself as rare personate
noun ˈpəːpɔːtˈpərˌpɔrt mass noun1The meaning or sense of something, typically a document or speech. （尤指公文或演说的）意义；要旨，大意，含义 I do not understand the purport of your remarks 我不懂你那番话的要义。 Example sentencesExamples - The film does not purport to be a documentary, but its depiction of the events of January 30 1972 is uncannily accurate.
- There, in introducing and explaining the meaning and purport of Article 2 and having regard to the grave breaches system of the Geneva Conventions, reference is made to international armed conflicts.
- It does not purport to be definitive, but all future scholarship will have to take account of it.
- More New Zealanders will be killed by those two conditions than by smoking, in spite of the concocted figures she likes to purport are figures that represent deaths caused by smoking.
- Mr. Hobbs submits that the subsection cannot apply where, as here, the clause under consideration defines the service to be provided and does not purport to permit substandard or partial performance.
- As to ratification, the common law rule about unbiased advice of the directors again puts that decision into the hands of the shareholders and companies' articles do not in practice purport to allocate the decision elsewhere.
- The arguments concerning the amendment to Model Rule 1.6 purport to be about an empirical question: How will clients act under the new rule?
- Do I correctly understand the purport of your submissions to be that if the Full Court should have dealt with these issues, we should go on and deal with them rather than send them back to the Full Court to deal with them now?
- Critical analysis and constructive criticism are only possible after understanding the purport of the theme asserted.
- More importantly, what on earth does that quote purport to show?
- The purport of this motion is to adjourn the House until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 10 February and to set the sitting days for next year.
- The purport and effect of those documents are one of the matters in issue in this case.
- This film does purport to have something to say, believe it or not.
- The BBC now insists that Fields of Gold ‘is a fictional drama which does not purport to be a documentary’.
- Notably, these documents purport to describe only lawful campaign activities, and committee Democrats acknowledge they find no fault with those activities.
- Ordinarily, it is not sufficient to give the tenor, substance or purport of the libel or slander, or an approximation of the words, or words to a certain ‘effect’, or any other words of a similar import.
- The conduct or act has intrinsically no definite significance, or only an ambiguous one, and its whole legal purport or tenor is to be more precisely ascertained by considering the words accompanying it.
- More than three dozen of these notes purport to document various fictional characters Morris scatters through his text.
- That kind of message is sent for the purpose of concealing from the telegraph company, as well as all other parties, except the person to whom it is sent, the purport of the message.
- Secondly, he submitted that the case had never been pleaded or presented in the court below as one falling within the exceptional category, nor did the judge purport to find that it did.
Synonyms gist, substance, drift, implication, intention, meaning, significance, signification, sense, essence, import, tenor, thrust, message, spirit - 1.1 The purpose or intention of something.
目的，意图 生存目的。 Example sentencesExamples - He contended that the delay was remedied before any harm or prejudice was caused, and moreover, the defendant Vendors did not object or purport to rescind the agreement until after the breach had been remedied.
- Some purport to function as collections for the Frankish and Visigothic kingdoms, like the Vetus Gallica of c.700 or the Hispana, c.700, respectively.
- Big men often purport to be powerful spirit mediums and to possess both healing powers and deadly war sorcery.
- Although many use the mobile clinic as a medical home, it does not purport to have that designation.
- It did not purport to be a notice conveying any such intention on the part of the Secretary of State.
- Under the Guarantee Boot agreed to answer for Construction's performance and observance of the Main Contract ‘according to the true purport intent and meaning thereof’.
- But this does not affect the argument from design which, as Cleanthes admits, does not purport to show that the designer of the universe does have these characteristics.
- Unlike patent, it does not purport to draw bright lines around ideas but proscribes what is, by consensus, objectionable behavior.
Synonyms intention, purpose, intent, object, objective, aim, goal, target, end, plan, scheme, design, idea, ambition, desire, wish, hope
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense 'express, signify'): from Old French purporter, from medieval Latin proportare, from Latin pro- 'forth' + portare 'carry, bear'. The sense 'appear to be' dates from the late 18th century. Rhymesabort, apport, assort, athwart, aught, besought, bethought, bort, bought, brought, caught, cavort, comport, consort, contort, Cort, court, distraught, escort, exhort, export, extort, fort, fought, fraught, import, methought, misreport, mort, naught, nought, Oort, ought, outfought, port, Porte, quart, rort, short, snort, sort, sought, sport, support, swart, taught, taut, thought, thwart, tort, transport, wart, wrought Definition of purport in US English: purportverbpərˈpɔrtpərˈpôrt with infinitive Appear or claim to be or do something, especially falsely; profess. 看起来是，显得想做（尤指假充） she is not the person she purports to be 她并非看上去的那种人。 Example sentencesExamples - Clearly she has achieved the good life, but what about the people she purports to represent?
- He is held out as a director by the company, claims and purports to be a director, although never actually or validly appointed as such.
- Has this man no respect for the people who he is purported to serve?
- In doing this, the government is conceding victory to the very people whom it purports to be fighting.
- The person purporting to exercise his discretion has acted in abuse or excess of his power.
- It may be, however, that the person purporting to grant the lease proves to have a defective title himself.
- This would be an easy and lucrative way to take but, somehow, if one purports to be a local supplier, then a local supplier you have to be.
- An enquiry would have revealed that the man who opened the account was not the person he purported to be.
- A person purporting to be a doctor may carry more credible messages about a new toothpaste than a television presenter, for example.
- A constable had purported to arrest a person for obstruction, an offence which did not carry any power of arrest.
- Note that this is a theory which purports to explain the opinions of people, not government.
- The institution of marriage they are purporting to protect is an abstraction.
- In the programme, former jockey Osborne was approached by people purporting to be considering buying a horse from him.
- I am shocked that a newspaper which purports to serve the interests of its readers should attack such an eminent social engineer.
- They now deserve a decent answer from the people who got their votes, those who purported to be in a position to deliver.
- Well, your Honour, in our submission, they were not purporting to pretend.
- The mayor warned people to beware of bogus charities purporting to be collecting money for victims' families.
- Even when it tramples all over other principles that he purports to hold dear.
- I was planning to write at length about the film, and the danger it poses by purporting to be an accurate representation of the truth about capitalism.
- It is part of the problem which it purports to address, rather than the solution.
Synonyms claim, lay claim, profess, pretend
nounˈpərˌpôrtˈpərˌpɔrt 1The meaning or substance of something, typically a document or speech. （尤指公文或演说的）意义；要旨，大意，含义 I do not understand the purport of your remarks 我不懂你那番话的要义。 Example sentencesExamples - The arguments concerning the amendment to Model Rule 1.6 purport to be about an empirical question: How will clients act under the new rule?
- The film does not purport to be a documentary, but its depiction of the events of January 30 1972 is uncannily accurate.
- More importantly, what on earth does that quote purport to show?
- That kind of message is sent for the purpose of concealing from the telegraph company, as well as all other parties, except the person to whom it is sent, the purport of the message.
- The purport of this motion is to adjourn the House until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 10 February and to set the sitting days for next year.
- As to ratification, the common law rule about unbiased advice of the directors again puts that decision into the hands of the shareholders and companies' articles do not in practice purport to allocate the decision elsewhere.
- Notably, these documents purport to describe only lawful campaign activities, and committee Democrats acknowledge they find no fault with those activities.
- Secondly, he submitted that the case had never been pleaded or presented in the court below as one falling within the exceptional category, nor did the judge purport to find that it did.
- More New Zealanders will be killed by those two conditions than by smoking, in spite of the concocted figures she likes to purport are figures that represent deaths caused by smoking.
- This film does purport to have something to say, believe it or not.
- Mr. Hobbs submits that the subsection cannot apply where, as here, the clause under consideration defines the service to be provided and does not purport to permit substandard or partial performance.
- The purport and effect of those documents are one of the matters in issue in this case.
- Critical analysis and constructive criticism are only possible after understanding the purport of the theme asserted.
- It does not purport to be definitive, but all future scholarship will have to take account of it.
- Do I correctly understand the purport of your submissions to be that if the Full Court should have dealt with these issues, we should go on and deal with them rather than send them back to the Full Court to deal with them now?
- The conduct or act has intrinsically no definite significance, or only an ambiguous one, and its whole legal purport or tenor is to be more precisely ascertained by considering the words accompanying it.
- More than three dozen of these notes purport to document various fictional characters Morris scatters through his text.
- The BBC now insists that Fields of Gold ‘is a fictional drama which does not purport to be a documentary’.
- Ordinarily, it is not sufficient to give the tenor, substance or purport of the libel or slander, or an approximation of the words, or words to a certain ‘effect’, or any other words of a similar import.
- There, in introducing and explaining the meaning and purport of Article 2 and having regard to the grave breaches system of the Geneva Conventions, reference is made to international armed conflicts.
Synonyms gist, substance, drift, implication, intention, meaning, significance, signification, sense, essence, import, tenor, thrust, message, spirit - 1.1 The purpose of a person or thing.
目的，意图 生存目的。 Example sentencesExamples - But this does not affect the argument from design which, as Cleanthes admits, does not purport to show that the designer of the universe does have these characteristics.
- Some purport to function as collections for the Frankish and Visigothic kingdoms, like the Vetus Gallica of c.700 or the Hispana, c.700, respectively.
- Under the Guarantee Boot agreed to answer for Construction's performance and observance of the Main Contract ‘according to the true purport intent and meaning thereof’.
- Although many use the mobile clinic as a medical home, it does not purport to have that designation.
- Big men often purport to be powerful spirit mediums and to possess both healing powers and deadly war sorcery.
- It did not purport to be a notice conveying any such intention on the part of the Secretary of State.
- Unlike patent, it does not purport to draw bright lines around ideas but proscribes what is, by consensus, objectionable behavior.
- He contended that the delay was remedied before any harm or prejudice was caused, and moreover, the defendant Vendors did not object or purport to rescind the agreement until after the breach had been remedied.
Synonyms intention, purpose, intent, object, objective, aim, goal, target, end, plan, scheme, design, idea, ambition, desire, wish, hope
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense ‘express, signify’): from Old French purporter, from medieval Latin proportare, from Latin pro- ‘forth’ + portare ‘carry, bear’. The sense ‘appear to be’ dates from the late 18th century. |