prefigure

prefigure
verb
[with obj.]
  1. 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。
  2. (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
prefiguration
noun
prefigurative
adjective
prefigurement
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin praefigurare 'represent beforehand', from prae 'before' + figurare 'to form, fashion'
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