prefigure

• vt. 预示；预想

1. imagine or consider beforehand;

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

2. indicate by signs;

"These signs bode bad news"

The wall through Berlin was finally ruptured, prefiguring the reunification of Germany.

柏林墙终于倒塌了，预示着德国的重新统一。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Nonetheless, the important thing is this man before me, heavy as earth, who prefigures my future.

然而, 重要的是,这个在我面前像泥土一样沉重的 、 预示着我的未来的人.

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The wall through Berlin was finally ruptured, prefiguring the reunification of Germany.

柏林墙终于倒塌了，预示着德国的重新统一。

辞典例句

pre-,在前，figure,形成，推测。

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.