| 单词 | figure |
| 释义 | figure¹ 1.(number)数字；位数 unemployment figures失业人数 The second figure looks like a five.第二个数字看起来像是5。 Can you give me the exact figures?你能给我提供确切数字吗？ to be in single figures inflation, unemployment +是个位数 Inflation, which has usually been in single figures, is now running at more than 12%.通常保持在个位数的通货膨胀率现在已经超过12%。 to reach double figures sportsman +(得分)上双；拿下双位数分 Crawley, with 14, was the only other player to reach double figures.克劳利得到14分, 是仅有的另一名得分上双的球员。 three/six figures三位数/六位数 The thermometer nudged three figures yesterday in Rome.昨天罗马的华氏温度接近三位数。 Her salary is reputed to be in six figures.据说她的薪水达六位数。 to be good at figuresorto have a head for figures擅长算术 Could you do the adding up? I've got no head for figures.请你做一下合计好吗？我没有算术头脑。 Sarah's better at figures than me. Get her to help you.萨拉算术比我好, 找她帮你吧。 2.(body shape)体型；身材 Janet was a natural blonde with a fabulous figure.珍妮特天生一头金发, 身材曼妙。 She's got a good figure.她的身材很好。 to watch your figure注意(饮食以)保持身材苗条 I have to watch my figure.我得注意保持身材。 to keep your figure保持身材苗条 to lose your figure不再拥有苗条的身材 3.(outline of person)身影；人影 Helen saw the figure of a man on the bridge.海伦看见桥上有个男人的身影。 Alistair saw the dim figure of Rose in the chair.阿利斯泰尔看见了椅子上罗丝模糊的身影。 4.(person)人物；形象 He's a controversial figure.他是个有争议的人物。 key figures in the main political parties主要政党的关键人物 She's an important political figure.她是个重要的政治人物。 an authority figure权威人物 authority figures such as parents and teachers诸如父母、老师之类的权威人物 a public figure公众人物 He's a public figure and a role model for impressionable youngsters.他是个公众人物, 是易受影响的年轻人的楷模。 Where an individual is a public figure, he is entitled to have his privacy respected.即使公众人物也享有个人隐私受到尊重的权利。 5.【数】(geometric shape)(平面或立体的)图形 A hexagon is a six-sided figure.六边形是具有六个边的图形。 6.【艺术】(in painting or sculpture)人物；雕像；塑像 Who is that figure in the background?背景中的那个人物是谁？ El Greco paints strangely elongated figures.埃尔•格列柯画中的人物身体被异常地拉长了。 a life-size figure of a woman真人大小的女子雕像 7.(book illustration)(书刊中的)图, 表 See Figure 2.见图2。 If you look at a world map (see Figure 1) you can identify the major wine-producing regions.查看一下世界地图(见图1), 就能找到主要的葡萄酒产区。 8.(emblem)象征；标志 9.(pattern)图案；图样；花纹 the figure in the carpet地毯上的图案 10.(in dancing or skating)花式；舞步；规定动作 There are five compulsory figures that the couples must perform in this section.在这一部分, 每对选手必须完成五项规定动作。 11.【逻】(三段论的)格 12.【音】(声部中音符上标或下标的)数字标记 13.【音】(pattern of notes)音型 a rising/falling figure in the bass低音部上升／下降的音型 14.to cut a dignified/lonely/strange figure显得有威严/孤单/怪异 Today she cuts a lonely figure.她今天看起来有些孤单。 15.to cut a figure给人留下深刻印象 She wanted to cut a figure on the international stage.她想在国际舞台上留下自己的身影。 16.to put a figure on sth给…定价；说出…的确切数字 No-one will put a figure on the final cost of this reconstruction.没人能说出重建到底要花多少钱。 I couldn't put a figure on it.我说不清具体的数字。 figure²🄰 vt. 1.<美,加拿大,新西兰>(think)以为；推断；认为 to figure (that)认为(…) They figured it was better to stay where they were.他们认为最好留在原地。 I figured that's what she wanted.我想那就是她所要的。 The way I figure it, Jess made a mistake.在我看来, 杰斯做错了。 2.(calculate)计算 I figured the total to be more than Jan made it.我算出的总数比简算出的多。 3.(represent visually)用图表(或图解)表现 She was able to figure the results in a neat diagram.她能用简洁的示意图来呈现结果。 4.(pattern with a design)用图案(或花纹)装饰 a cotton shirt figured with stripes一件纯棉条纹衬衫 5.(depict)描绘；描摹 6.【修辞】(express by a figure of speech)用比喻表现 7.【音】(ornament)用装饰音于 8.【音】(indicate harmonies for)+ bass用数字标出 🄱 vi. 1.(appear)出现；作为一部分 Other issues figure on the agenda.议程还包括其他议题。 to figure in sth在…中出现；包括在…中 Loneliness figures a lot in his conversation.他在交谈中常常会提及“孤独”。 Human-rights violations figured prominently in the report.有关侵犯人权的论述在报告中占据了显要地位。 2.<美,非正式>(make sense)合乎预料；合乎逻辑 it figuresorthat figures不奇怪；很正常；不出所料 When I finished, he said, 'Yeah. That figures.'等我说完, 他说道：“是的, 正如所料。” Work it out and you'll find it figures.弄明白了你就会觉得这合情合理。 it figures that…正如所料；…不出所料 It figures that they wouldn't want to lose that advantage.正如所料, 他们不想失去那项优势。 It seemed to figure that Jenny would be first to leave.珍妮将会第一个离开, 这似乎在意料之中。 3.go figure<美,非正式>搞不懂, 这就怪了(用于表示惊讶、诧异等) The show was very popular, had superb ratings, so they took it off. Go figure, eh?演出非常受欢迎, 好评如潮, 结果他们停演了。这就怪了, 是吧？ Phrasal Verbsfigure in,figure on,figure out,figure up,figure upon |
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