prefigure
prefigureverb[with obj.]- be an early indication or version of (something)
预示;预兆
the Hussite movement prefigured the Reformation.
胡斯运动预示着宗教改革的到来。
- (archaic)imagine beforehand
(古)预想,预见
she had prefigured her small pilgrimage as made in solitude.
她原来预想自己短程朝圣之行将是孤独之旅。
派生prefigurationnounprefigurativeadjectiveprefigurementnoun语源- late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin praefigurare 'represent beforehand', from prae 'before' + figurare 'to form, fashion'
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