figure是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the symbol for a number or an amount expressed in numbers -- 数字

  • Can you read this figure? Is it a three or an eight? 你能认出这个数字吗？是3还是8？

  • Write the amount in both words and figures. 请用文字和数字两种形式将数目写出来。

  • I looked quickly down the column of figures. 我迅速浏览了数字栏。

  • He earns a six-figure salary (= an amount of money with six figures). 他的薪水有6位数。

  • The unemployment rate is now in double figures. 现在的失业率已达两位数。

• 1 the shape of the human body, or a person -- 外形，轮廓；人影

  • I could see two tall figures in the distance. 我可以看见远处两个高高的人影。

  • A strange bearded figure (= person) entered the room. 一个留着络腮胡的陌生人走进了房间。

  • figurative She was a central/key/leading figure in (= was an important person in) the movement for constitutional reform. 她是宪法改革运动的核心／关键／领军人物。

  • There are several reclining figures in the painting. 那幅画中有几个半躺着的人物形象。

  • She's got a beautiful figure. 她身材很好。

  • She got her figure back (= returned to her usual shape) after having the baby. 生完孩子后，她的体形又恢复了。

• 2 a picture or drawing, often with a number, in a book or other document -- （书或文件中常带有编号的）图，表

  • Please see figures 8 and 9. 请见表8和表9。

• 3 to expect or think that something will happen -- 认为，认定

  • [ + (that) ] We figured (that) you'd want to rest after your trip. 我们认为旅行之后你一定想休息一下。

• 4 to be, appear, take part, or be included in something -- 出现；参加；被包括

  • Their names did not figure in the list of finalists. 他们的名字没有出现在决赛选手的名单上。

  • They denied that violence and intimidation had figured prominently in achieving the decision. 他们否认在达成决议的过程中明显存在暴力和恐吓手段。

• 5 to calculate an amount -- 计算

  • I'm still figuring my taxes. 我仍在计算我的税额。