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| 1 | C often plural an official number that has been counted or calculated 数字；数据 |
| Government figures show a continued decline in unemployment. 政府数据表明失业率在持续下降。 |
| This year’ s sales figures were excellent. 今年的销售数据很不错。 |
| The final inflation figure was 6.5% for the year. 这一年最终的通货膨胀数字为6.5%。 |
| | 1a | a number 数字 | | She sat and stared at the figures on the page. 她坐下来盯着这一页上的数字。 | | single/double figures (=a number above/below 10) Inflation has reached double figures for the first time in 15 years. 一位数/两位数 | |
| | 1b | an amount of money 价格；金额 | | What kind of figure are we looking at for this project? 这项工程我们打算要什么样的价格？ | | put a figure on sth It’ s difficult to put an exact figure on the rebuilding work. 对重修工程很难准确估价。 | | three/four/five/six figures The chairman’ s bonus payment could well reach six figures this year. 主席今年的奖金可能足足有6位数。 | |
| | 1c | plural calculations that you do using numbers 算术；计算 | | have a good head for figures I’ ve never had a good head for figures. 我从来不擅长算术。 | |
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| 2 | C someone who is important in some way 人物；名人 |
| a prominent/key/leading figure |
| She was the dominant figure in British politics in the 1980s. 她是20世纪80年代英国政坛的显要人物。 |
| | 2a | someone who is considered by others to be like a father or mother 父亲/母亲般的人物 | |
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| 3 | C used for talking about someone you do not know , when you are referring to the shape of their body 外形；轮廓；人影 |
| A small figure appeared in the doorway. 有个小个子出现在门口。 |
| | 3a | a picture or model of someone 画像；肖像；塑像；雕像 | | There are three figures in the foreground. 图画的前景上有3个人像。 | | a stone figure of a man 一个男子的石像 | |
| | 3b | the shape of a woman’ s body , for example whether she is fat or thin （女子的）体形，身材，风姿 | | How to achieve the perfect figure without dieting. 如何不用节食就能获得完美的体形 | | Now in her fifties, she still has a fabulous figure. 她现在50多岁了，仍保持着美妙的身材。 | | keep your figure (=stay thin) After a certain age, you have to work hard to keep your figure. 保持苗条的身材 | | watch your figure (=be careful about what you eat so that you do not become fat) No cake for me, thanks, I have to watch my figure. 注意保持体形 | |
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| 4 | C technical a shape in mathematics （数学）图形 |
| a five-sided figure 五边形 |
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| 5 | C a drawing in a book that gives information （书中的）示意图，图表 |
| Figure 8 illustrates changing patterns of employment over the years. 图8显示了这些年来不断变化的就业模式。 |
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| someone who is laughed at by other people |
| 笑柄；笑料 |
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