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意义,要旨,大要意味著,做为…要旨,声称,打算

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Purport \Pur"port\, n. [OF. purport; pur, pour, for (L. pro) +
   porter to bear, carry. See {Port} demeanor.]
   1. Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.

            The whole scope and purport of that dialogue.
            Norris. With a look so piteous in purport As if he
            had been loosed out of hell.          -- Shak.

   2. Disguise; covering. [Obs.]

            For she her sex under that strange purport Did use
            to hide.                              --Spenser.

Purport \Pur"port\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purported}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Purporting}.] [OF. purporter, pourporter. See
   {Purport}, n.]
   To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import;
   -- often with an object clause or infinitive.

         They in most grave and solemn wise unfolded Matter
         which little purported.                  --Rowe.

资料来源 : WordNet®

purport
     n 1: the intended meaning of a communication [syn: {intent}, {spirit}]
     2: general meaning or tenor; "caught the drift of the
        conversation" [syn: {drift}]
     v 1: have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or
          claiming; "The letter purports to express people's
          opinion"
     2: propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: {aim}, {purpose},
         {propose}]