Prefigure



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 预示; 预想
• ［英］ v. 预示 ( to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type) ; 预想 ( foresee)
• ［记］ pre ( 提前) +figure ( 形象) -> 提前想好形象
• ［同］ 派生词: prefiguration （n. 预兆, 预示）
• ［例］ prefigure the future ( 预想未来)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin praefigurare, from Latin prae- pre- + figurare to shape, picture, from figura figure
• Date: 15th century
• 1. to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness
• 2. to picture or imagine beforehand ; foresee
• ? prefigurement noun

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