Wordiyoprefigure
🇬🇧 UK/pri:'figә/🇺🇸 US
GREA1
Definitions
v.
To be an early sign or indication of something that will happen later; to foreshadow.
预示，预兆；预先想象
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.prefigure events预示事件
- 2.[prefigure changes]预示变化
- 3.prefigure the rise of预示……的兴起
- 4.prefigure a conflict预示冲突
Example Sentences
- 1.
The early skirmishes along the border seemed to prefigure a much larger conflict to come.
- 2.
Many scholars believe that the rituals in the Old Testament prefigure the teachings of the New Testament.
- 3.
His experimental short films prefigured the bold visual style that would define his later career.