| 单词 | prolepsis |
| 释义 | prolepsis —proleptic /proh lep"tik/, proleptical, adj. —proleptically, adv. /proh lep"sis/, n. , pl. prolepses /-seez/. 1. Rhet. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance. 2. the assigning of a person, event, etc., to a period earlier than the actual one; the representation of something in the future as if it already existed or had occurred; prochronism. 3. the use of a descriptive word in anticipation of its becoming applicable. 4. a fundamental conception or assumption in Epicureanism or Stoicism arising spontaneously in the mind without conscious reflection; thought provoked by sense perception. 5. Pathol. the return of an attack of a periodic disease or of a paroxysm before the expected time or at progressively shorter intervals. [1570-80; < LL prolepsis < Gk prólepsis anticipation, preconception, equiv. to prolep- (verbid s. of prolambánein to anticipate (pro- PRO-2 + lambánein to take)) + -sis -SIS] |
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