| 单词 | prefigure |
| 释义 | prefigure (once / 11333 pages) v Something that is a sign of things to come can be said to prefigure the future thing — and usually not in a good way. Sleeping through your alarm Monday morning might prefigure your entire week — in other words, it might be a sign of the unlucky days ahead.English is rich in terms that have the basic meaning of "tell something about the future." Perhaps because we all wish we knew more about it! The Latin root of prefigure is praefigurare, from prae, "before," and figurare , "to form or shape." WORD FAMILYprefigure: prefiguration, prefigurative, prefigured, prefigures, prefiguring+/disfiguration: disfigurations/disfigure: disfiguration, disfigured, disfigurement, disfigures, disfiguring/disfigurement: disfigurements/figuration: figurations/figurative: figuratively, nonfigurative/figure: disfigure, figuration, figurative, figured, figureed, figurer, figures, figuring, prefigure, subfigure/figurer: figurers/figuring: figurings/prefiguration: prefigurations USAGE EXAMPLESMyrrh was used for embalming – it prefigures Christ’s death. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) The work, whose subject is about 13 or 14, prefigures hallmarks of Kahlo's self-portraits, including winged eyebrows and a full frontal gaze. Reuters(Nov 23, 2016) Her own transition from politics to reality television prefigured Trump taking the opposite path. The Guardian(Nov 10, 2016) 1v imagine or consider beforehand It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured Hyper conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case 2v indicate by signs Syn|Hypo|Hyper augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate threaten to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain" foreshowforetell by divine inspiration bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal be a signal for or a symptom of |
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