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prefigure + noun phrase
The economic downturn prefigured a period of hardship.
经济衰退预示着一段困难时期。
预示；预先表示
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预示；预先表示
To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
The economic downturn prefigured a period of hardship.
经济衰退预示着一段困难时期。
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.
prefigure
Base
原形
prefigures
3rd person
第三人称单数
prefiguring
-ing
现在分词
prefigured
Past
过去式
prefigured
Past participle
过去分词
The signs prefigure a change.
这些迹象预示着变化。
The event prefigured the crisis.
那个事件预示了危机。
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。
His early paintings prefigured his later style.
他早期的画作预示了他后来的风格。
The dark clouds are prefiguring a storm.
乌云预示着一场暴风雨的到来。
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。
Not this
This is a prefigure of future trends.
Use this
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。
Not this
The data prefigures about a change.
Use this
The data prefigures a change.
“prefigure”是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词“about”。
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