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Figure N Count Verb Amount People Figured Phrase 例:It

单词 figure
音标
英[ˈfɪgə(r)] 美[ˈfɪgjər]
解释
n.数字;算术;人物;身材;vi.计算;出现;扮演角色;vt.计算在内;估计;推测;认为;
例句

N-COUNT
数字;(尤指)统计数字
A figure is a particular amount expressed as a number, especially a statistic.
例:It would be very nice if we had a true figure of how many people in this country haven't got a job...如果我们能得到该国失业人口的真实数字就好了。
例:It will not be long before the inflation figure starts to fall...过不了多久,通货膨胀率就会开始下降。

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(0 到 9 的)数字符号,数目字
A figure is any of the ten written symbols from 0 to 9 that are used to represent a number.

N-PLURAL
位数
An amount or number that is in single figures is between zero and nine. An amount or number that is in double figures is between ten and ninety-nine. You can also say, for example, that an amount or number is in three figures when it is between one hundred and nine hundred and ninety-nine.
例:Inflation, which has usually been in single figures, is running at more than 12%...通常保持在个位数的通货膨胀率现在已超过了 12%。
例:Crawley, with 14, was the only other player to reach double figures...克劳利拿到 14 分,是仅有的另外一个得分达两位数的球员。

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人影;身影
You refer to someone that you can see as a figure when you cannot see them clearly or when you are describing them.
例:Alistair saw the dim figure of Rose in the chair...阿利斯泰尔看见了坐在椅子里的罗丝的模糊身影。
例:She waited, standing on the bridge, until his figure vanished against the grey backdrop of the Palace...她站在桥上,一直等到他的身影消失在宫殿灰色的阴影中。

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(绘画作品中的)人物;雕像;塑像
In art, a figure is a person in a drawing or a painting, or a statue of a person.
例:...a life-size bronze figure of a brooding, hooded woman.一个戴着兜帽作沉思状的真人大小青铜女子雕像

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体形;身材
Your figure is the shape of your body.
例:Take pride in your health and your figure...为自己的健康和体形感到骄傲吧。
例:Janet was a natural blonde with a good figure.珍妮特天生一头金发,身材曼妙。

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知名人士;重要人物
Someone who is referred to as a figure of a particular kind is a person who is well-known and important in some way.
例:The movement is supported by key figures in the three main political parties.这个运动受到三大政党关键人物的支持。

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(某种)人物,形象
If you say that someone is, for example, a mother figure or a hero figure, you mean that other people regard them as the type of person stated or suggested.
例:Sometimes young lads just need to turn to a mother figure for a bit of a chat and reassurance.有时候年轻小伙子只是需要找一个母亲式的人物聊一聊,从中获得安慰。
例:Daniel Boone, the great hero figure of the frontier...丹尼尔·布恩——西部伟大的英雄形象

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(书、杂志等中的)图,表
In books and magazines, the diagrams which help to show or explain information are referred to as figures .
例:If you look at a world map (see Figure 1) you can identify the major wine-producing regions...查一查世界地图(见图1),就能找到主要的葡萄酒产区。
例:Figure 1.15 shows which provinces lost populations between 1910 and 1920.表 1.15 显示出哪些省份在 1910 至 1920 年间人口减少了。

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(尤指规则的几何)图形
In geometry, a figure is a shape, especially a regular shape.
例:Draw a pentagon, a regular five-sided figure.画个五边形,一个规则的五边形。

VERB
认为;猜想;估计
If you figure that something is the case, you think or guess that it is the case.
例:She figured that both she and Ned had learned a lot from the experience.她觉得自己和内德都从这一经历中学到了很多东西。

VERB
不奇怪;很正常;合乎情理
If you say 'That figures' or 'It figures', you mean that the fact referred to is not surprising.
例:When I finished, he said, 'Yeah. That figures'...等我说完,他说道:“是啊,那是预料中事。”
例:Work it out and you'll find it figures.弄明白了你就会觉得这合情合理。

VERB
出现,包括(在…中)
If a person or thing figures in something, they appear in or are included in it.
例:Human rights violations figured prominently in the report.有关侵犯人权的部分在报告中占据了显要地位。

PHRASE
显出…的样子;显得
If you say that someone cuts a particular figure, you mean that they appear to other people in the way described.
例:Today she cuts a lonely figure.今天她看起来十分孤独。

PHRASE
小丑;可笑的人
If you describe someone as a figure of fun, you mean that people think they are ridiculous.
例:The man has become an unlikely figure of fun.令人想象不到的是,这个男人已经成为了笑谈。

PHRASE
保持/失去苗条的身材
If you keep your figure, you stay thin. If you lose your figure, you become rather fat.
例:You'll lose your girlish figure if you don't watch out.如果不多加注意,你就会失去女孩般的苗条身段。

PHRASE
说出…的确切数量(或数目)
When you put a figure on an amount, you say exactly how much it is.
例:No one will put a figure on the final cost of this reconstruction.谁也不愿确切地说明这一重建最后总共的花费是多少。

PHRASAL VERB
预料;料想
If you figure on something, you plan that it will happen or assume that it will happen when making your plans.
例:Jack worked as hard as he could to build his business, but he hadn't figured on a few obstacles.杰克竭尽全力发展自己的公司,但有几个障碍是他始料不及的。

PHRASAL VERB
想出;理解;弄清
If you figure out a solution to a problem or the reason for something, you succeed in solving it or understanding it.
例:It took them about one month to figure out how to start the equipment...他们花了大约1个月的时间才搞清楚如何启动设备。
例:They're trying to figure out the politics of this whole situation...他们正试图弄明白整个情形背后的权术争斗。

PHRASAL VERB
算出…的总和
If you figure up a cost or amount, you add numbers together to get the total.
例:He figured up the balance in their checking account.他算出了他们活期存款账户上的余额总和。
变形
third:figures~done:figured~pl:figures~ing:figuring~past:figured~

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