prefiguration

英 [priːfɪɡjʊ'reɪʃən] 美[,prifɪgjə'reʃən]
  • n. 预示;预想;征兆

英英释义


1. an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come
2. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

英文词源


prefiguration (n.)
late 14c., from Late Latin praefigurationem (nominative praefiguratio), noun of action from past participle stem of praefigurare "to prefigure" (see prefigure).