prefigure

英 [ˌpriː'fɪɡə(r)] 美 [ˌpriː'fɪɡjər]

• v. 预示；预想

英英释义

Verb:

1. imagine or consider beforehand;

   "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"
   

2. indicate by signs;

   "These signs bode bad news"
   

经典引文

• The Old Testament made sense only insofar as it prefigured Christianity.

  出自： F. Kermode

• Is it the secret of dreams that they prefigure reality?

  出自： P. Ackroyd

• The interior monologue technique which Stevie [Smith] pursues is prefigured in Pater.

  出自： F. Spalding

近反义词

【近义词】

• predict 预言
• foreshadow 预示
• portend 成为 ... 的前兆...
• presage 预感
• anticipate 预期
• herald 使者
• suggest 建议
• auspicate 卜得吉兆而开始...
• prognosticate 预知
• augur 占兆官
• bode 预示
• forecast 预测
• betoken 预示
• foretell 预言
• omen 征兆