| 单词 | prolepsis |
| 释义 | prolepsis n. (pl. prolepses) 1. the anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech. 2. anticipation. 3. the representation of a thing as existing before it actually does or did so, as in he was a dead man when he entered. 4. Gram. the anticipatory use of adjectives, as in paint the town red. Derivatives proleptic adj. Etymology: LL f. Gk prolepsis f. prolambano anticipate (as PRO-(2), lambano take) |
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