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Prefigure V Latin Form Figure Pri:'Figə 预示;预想 英

单词 prefigure
音标 ['pri:'figə]
解释 v. 预示;预想
红宝书 【英】 v. 预示(to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type);预想(foresee)
【记】 pre(提前)+figure(形 象)→提前想好形象
【同】 派生词:prefigurati on (n. 预兆,预示)
【例】 prefigure the future(预想未来)
字源 prefigure (v.)
early 15c., from Late Latin praefigurare "to prefigure," from Latin prae "before" (see pre-) + figurare "to form, shape," from figura "a shape, form, figure" (see figure (n.)). Related: Prefigured; prefiguring.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】pre + figure 描绘,图形

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