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NOUN. 名词1.?[C 可数名词] 数字A figure is a particular amount expressed as a number, especially a statistic. 双语例句例: It would be very nice if we had a true figure of how many people in this country haven't got a job. 要是我们有一个确切的数字反映这个国家到底有多少人没有工作就好了。 例: It will not be long before the inflation figure starts to fall. 过不了多久,通货膨胀的数字就会开始下降。 例: Norway is a peaceful place with low crime figures. 挪威是个和平的地方,犯罪率很低。 例: Government figures show that one in three marriages end in divorce. 政府数字显示三分之一的婚姻会以离婚告终。 2.?[C 可数名词] 个位数字A figure is any of the ten written symbols from 0 to 9 that are used to represent a number. 双语例句例: the glowing red figures on the radio alarm clock which read 4.22 a.m. 收音机闹钟上闪闪发光的红色数字显示凌晨4点22分。 例: In business writing, all numbers over ten are usually written as figures. 商业写作中,所有十以上的数字通常都被写成数字形式。 3.?[C 可数名词] 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. 双语例句例: Ernie saw the dim figure of Rose in the chair. 厄尼看到了罗斯坐在椅子里的模糊身影。 4.?[C 可数名词] 人像In art, a figure is a person in a drawing or a painting, or a statue of a person. 双语例句例: a life-size bronze figure of a brooding, hooded woman. 一个真人大小、戴着头巾、正在沉思的女铜像。 5.?[C 可数名词] 身材Your figure is the shape of your body. 双语例句例: Take pride in your health and your figure. 以你的健康和身材为傲。 6.?[C 可数名词] 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. 双语例句例: The movement is supported by key figures in the three main political parties. 这场运动得到了3个主要政党的重要人物的支持。 7.?[C 可数名词] 代表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. 双语例句例: Daniel Boone, the great hero figure of the frontier. 丹尼尔·布恩是伟大的拓荒英雄的代表。 8.?[C 可数名词] 图表In books and magazines, the diagrams which help to show or explain information are referred to as figures. 双语例句例: If you look at a world map (see Figure 1) you can identify the major wine-producing regions. 如果你看看世界地图(见图1),你就能辨认出主要的葡萄酒生产地。 例: Figure 1.15 shows which provinces lost populations between 1910 and 1920. 图1.15显示了哪些省份的人口在1910至1920年之间下降了。 9.?[C 可数名词] 几何图形In geometry, a figure is a shape, especially a regular shape. 双语例句例: Draw a pentagon, a regular five-sided figure. 画一个五边形,一个规则的五边图形。 10.?[PL 复数] 数字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. 双语例句例: Inflation, which has usually been in single figures, is running at more than 12. 通货膨胀率通常都是一位数,现在正飙升至12以上。
PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词1.?[PHRASAL 短语] 想出 , 弄明白If you figure out a solution to a problem or the reason for something, you succeed in solving it or understanding it. 双语例句例: It took them about one month to figure out how to start the equipment. 他们用了大约一个月的时间才弄明白如何启动这台设备。 例: They're trying to figure out the politics of this whole situation. 他们正试图弄明白整个形势的利害关系。
VERB. 动词figures , figuring , figured 1.?[T 及物动词] 想If you figure that something is the case, you think or guess that it is the case. 双语例句例: She figured that both she and Ned had learned a lot from the experience. 她想她和内德都从这次经历中学到了很多。 2.?[I 不及物动词] 意料之中If you say 'That figures' or 'It figures', you mean that the fact referred to is not surprising. 双语例句例: When I finished, he said, 'Yeah. That figures.' 我说完后,他说:“嗯,正如所料。” 3.?[I 不及物动词] 出现If a person or thing figures in something, they appear in or are included in it. 双语例句例: Human rights violations figured prominently in the report. 侵犯人权在这份报告中很突出。
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