及物动词声称; 意图; 意味着; 打算

名词意义，要旨; 目的，意图

及物动词

1. The letter purported to be from the governor.
据称，该信来自州长。

2. His plans are not what they purport to be.
他的计划并不如他们所声称的那样。

3. Her letter may purport her forthcoming arrival.
她的来信可能意味着她快要到了。

名词

1. The purport of her letter was that she could not come.
她来信的大意是她不能来。

2. The purport of the message seemed to be that a few top army officers had fled from the country.
这个音讯的大意似乎是，有几名高级军官逃离了他们国家。

1. 意义：从联系的意义上,文本整体获得一种所谓主旨性意义(purport而从循环关系上,这种主旨又反过来使语句甚至语词获得了一些字面之外的含义. 如果再引入作者和阅读者的表达和接受语境等外部环节,语义的取值范围就更加难以确定,

2. 声称：provoke 刺激,引起 | purport 声称 | purpose 用意,目的

3. 意义;涵义：pilfer 盗, 偷, 窃 | purport 意义;涵义 | purported 传说的,谣传的

3. 七彩网·英语单词大全

1. 声称；自称；标榜
If you say that someone or something purports to do or be a particular thing, you mean that they claim to do or be that thing, although you may not always believe that claim.

e.g. ...a book that purports to tell the whole truth.
声称要讲述全部事实的一本书

noun

1. the pervading meaning or tenor

e.g. caught the general drift of the conversation

Synonym: drift

2. the intended meaning of a communication

Synonym: intentspirit