prefigure

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The metal’s price movements are widely believed to prefigure shifts in the world economy.
這種金屬的價格走勢被認為預示著世界經(jīng)濟的變化。
The FSA rules may prefigure a world where large pools of liquidity and capital remain trapped within borders as insurance against the worst.
但在FSA的規(guī)則下，流動性和資本被囤積在一國之內(nèi)，不再跨國界流動，以此作為應對最壞情形的保險機制。
The metal's price movements are widely believed to prefigure shifts in the world economy.
金屬的價格走勢普遍被認為可以預示世界經(jīng)濟形勢的變化。

Each of these figures, in many ways, prefigure the relatively superior natures of those who come later in the dialogue.
這些角色中的每一位多少，都預示了優(yōu)于,隨后出現(xiàn)在對話中角色的本性。
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An example: 1790's Zoonomia, by Erasmus Darwin (Charles' grandfather), whose observations prefigure the concept of evolution.
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The intellectual paradigm within which an individual or an organization operates will prefigure the possible outcomes.
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If one thing prefigures another, it is a first indication that suggests or determines that the second thing will happen.