prefigure[pri:'fiɡə; -ɡjuə]

• vt.
  • 预示；预兆：

    This visit may prefigure an improvement in relations between the two countries.

    这次访问可能预示两国关系的改进。

  • 预想；预测：

    Few writers care to prefigure the future.

    很少有作家对预测将来感兴趣。

• 变形:

  vt.prefigured.prefiguring