Purport
[pə'pɔːt] or ['pɝpɔt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming; 'The letter purports to express people's opinion'.
編輯:厄休拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.
(n.) Disguise; covering.
(n.) To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; -- often with an object clause or infinitive.
編輯:卡罗尔
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Design, meaning, signification, import, significance, drift, tenor, scope, sense, tendency, gist, intent, spirit.
v. a. Intend, mean, signify, import.
整理:凯瑟琳
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Tendency, meaning, import, bearing, signification, drift, tenor, current,intent, spirit
ANT:Statement, assertion, declaration, proposition, announcement
弗洛整理
解釋/意思:
n. design: meaning: signification.—v.t. (also Purport′) to give out as its meaning: to convey to the mind: to seem to mean—often with an infinitive clause as its object.—adj. Pur′portless.
詹尼弗編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Explain the purport of your remark. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The principal purport of his letter was to inform them that Mr. Wickham had resolved on quitting the militia. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- It is unnecessary to say that my interference enabled me, in due course of time, to ascertain the purport of the Young Person's remarks. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The purport of the muttering was: 'that Rogue Riderhood, by George! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The purport of Cedric's speech was repeated to him in French. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Such a philosophy does not represent the genuine purport of science. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- But of this question I would take no manner of notice; its purport made my eyes fill. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
編輯:路易斯