prolepsis
prolepsis
[prəʊˈlɛpsɪs, -ˈliːpsɪs]
(pl. prolepses -siːz)
[mass noun]
proleptic
adjective
语源
[prəʊˈlɛpsɪs, -ˈliːpsɪs]
(pl. prolepses -siːz)
[mass noun]
- (Rhetoric)the anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech
(修辞)预辩法
■(poetic/literary)anticipation
(诗/文)预期 - the representation of a thing as existing before it actually does or did so, as in he was a dead man when he entered
预词法（如he was a dead man when he entered）
proleptic
adjective
语源
- late Middle English (as a term in rhetoric): via late Latin from Greek prolēpsis, from prolambanein 'anticipate', from pro 'before' + lambanein 'take'
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