prefigure
v
(fml 文)
1 [Tn] represent beforehand (sth that will happen in the future); foreshadow 预示(某事物将发生); 预兆
worrying events that may prefigure a period of economic recession 可能显示要出现一段经济衰退时期的令人担心的情况.
2 [Tn, Tf, Tw]
picture (sth) to oneself beforehand; imagine 设想(某事物); 想像.
🗣️ 情景例句
You go ahead with the formalities. I'll see to the heavy luggage.
您先去办手续,我来帮您照看大件行李。
What alternatives do I have?
我有什么选择?
Heavy iron chains around his feet and hands were fixed to a metal bar that ran round the hall about ten centimetres off the ground.