prefiguring

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  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

1. VERB 预示;预兆 If one thing prefigures another, it is a first indication which suggests or determines that the second thing will happen. 
  • 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。