figure

1. N-COUNT A figure is a particular amount expressed as a number, especially a statistic. 數(shù)字

It would be very nice if we had a true figure of how many people in this country haven't got a job. 要是我們有一個(gè)確切的數(shù)字反映這個(gè)國家到底有多少人沒有工作就好了。

It will not be long before the inflation figure starts to fall. 過不了多久，通貨膨脹的數(shù)字就會開始下降。

2. N-COUNT A figure is any of the ten written symbols from 0 to 9 that are used to represent a number. 個(gè)位數(shù)字

...the glowing red figures on the radio alarm clock which read 4:22 a.m. …收音機(jī)閙鍾上閃閃發(fā)光的紅色數(shù)字顯示淩晨4點(diǎn)22分。

3. N-COUNT You refer to someone that you can see as a figure when you cannot see them clearly or when you are describing them. 身影

Ernie saw the dim figure of Rose in the chair. 厄尼看到了羅斯坐在椅子裡的模糊身影。

4. N-COUNT In art, a figure is a person in a drawing or a painting, or a statue of a person. 人像

...a life-size bronze figure of a brooding, hooded woman. …一個(gè)真人大小、戴著頭巾、正在沉思的女銅像。

5. N-COUNT Your figure is the shape of your body. 身材

Take pride in your health and your figure. 爲(wèi)你的健康和身材感到驕傲。

6. N-COUNT Someone who is referred to as a figure of a particular kind is a person who is well-known and important in some way. 重要人物

The movement is supported by key figures in the three main political parties. 這場運(yùn)動由3個(gè)主要政黨的重要人物支持。

7. N-COUNT 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. 代表

Daniel Boone, the great hero figure of the frontier. 丹尼爾·佈恩是偉大的前線英雄的代表。

8. N-COUNT In books and magazines, the diagrams which help to show or explain information are referred to as figures. 圖表[also N num]

If you look at a world map (see Figure 1) you can identify the major wine-producing regions. 如果你看看世界地圖（見圖1），你就能辨認(rèn)出主要的葡萄酒生産地區(qū)。

9. N-COUNT In geometry, a figure is a shape, especially a regular shape. 幾何圖形[技術(shù)]

Draw a pentagon, a regular five-sided figure. 畫一個(gè)五邊形，一個(gè)槼則的五邊圖形。

10. N-PLURAL 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. 數(shù)字

Inflation, which has usually been in single figures, is running at more than 12%. 通貨膨脹率通常都是一位數(shù)字，正飆陞至12%以上。

11. V-T If you figure that something is the case, you think or guess that it is the case. 想[非正式]

She figured that both she and Ned had learned a lot from the experience. 她想她和內(nèi)德都從這次經(jīng)歷中學(xué)到了很多。

12. V-I If you say "That figures" or "It figures," you mean that the fact referred to is not surprising. 意料之中[非正式]

When I finished, he said, "Yeah. That figures."

我做完時(shí)，他說：“嗯，正如所料?！?/p>

13. V-I If a person or thing figures in something, they appear in or are included in it. 出現(xiàn)[no passive]

Human rights violations figured prominently in the report. 侵犯人權(quán)出現(xiàn)在報(bào)告中的顯要位置。