prefigure + noun phrase
The economic downturn prefigured a period of hardship.
经济衰退预示着一段困难时期。
预见;预料;预先显示或暗示;预表;预言,预见;预见
预先显示或暗示;预表
To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
预言,预见
To predict or foresee.
一般现在时
The signs prefigure a change.
这些迹象预示着变化。
一般过去时
The event prefigured the crisis.
那个事件预示了危机。
现在进行时
The data is prefiguring a trend.
数据正预示一种趋势。
规则动词,过去式与过去分词均为prefigured
The sudden drop in sales prefigures an economic downturn.
销售额的突然下降预示着经济衰退。
用法提示:prefigures 在此表示‘预示’。
His early paintings prefigured his later style.
他早期的画作预示了他后来的风格。
用法提示:prefigured 表示‘预示’。
The dark clouds are prefiguring a storm.
乌云预示着一场暴风雨的到来。
用法提示:prefiguring 表示‘预示’。
The economic downturn prefigured a period of hardship.
经济衰退预示着一段困难时期。
The early experiments prefigured that the theory would hold.
早期的实验预示该理论成立。
No one could prefigure what the future held.
没有人能预知未来会如何。
grammar · medium
易错句子This is a prefigure of future trends.
正确表达This prefigures future trends.
“prefigure”是动词,不能当名词使用;应改为动词形式直接作谓语。
grammar · medium
易错句子The data prefigures about a change.
正确表达The data prefigures a change.
“prefigure”是及物动词,直接跟宾语,不需要介词“about”。
prefigure指通过想象或概念预先呈现,foreshadow侧重在故事或事件中通过暗示提前透露
prefigure强调预先想象或概念化,predict强调基于知识或证据提前陈述未来事件
prefigure + -ation
prefigure + -ative
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