1. figure out : 計算出；
2. figure up : 把...加起來；
3. figure on : 指望, 計劃；
4. figure in : 包括進；
1. figure out : 計算出；
2. figure up : 把...加起來；
3. figure on : 指望, 計劃；
4. figure in : 包括進；
及物動詞
1. Write the number in words and in figures.
用文字和阿拉伯數(shù)字寫出這個數(shù)。
2. She has a slender figure.
她身材苗條。
3. Our textbook has many figures to help explain the lessons.
我們的教科書有許多圖表幫助解釋課文。
生活費用
A：We need (to figure out/ calculate/ find out) how much money we’re spending.
我們得（算算/計算/算一下）我們花了多少錢。
B：Why?
為什么？
Costs-(花費)
A：We need to figure out how much money we’re spending and what we’re spending it on.
我們要算算我們花了多少錢而且都花在什么地方了。
B：Why?
為什么？
A：Well, I think we could be saving more.
哦，我想我們該多存一些錢了。
B：Really, well, o.k. Get the receipts out.
真的，哦，好的。把收據(jù)拿出來。
A：Let’s see. We spent $700 dollars for our home loan payment, $400 on groceries, $75 on utilities, $250 on gasoline, $100 on books, and $300 on entertainment last month.
讓我看看。上個月有房屋貸款700元，食品雜貨400元，家具75元，汽油費250元，書100元和300元的娛樂消費。
B：That’s $1825.
總共是1825元。
figure
A：We put $500 into the savings account, and $750 into our stock account.
我們存了500元到儲蓄賬戶。還存了750元到資本賬戶。
B：$3075. Our paychecks our $3300, combined. That means we don’t have any receipts for $225.
那就是3075元。我們的薪水加起來是3300元，那意味著有一項225元的支出沒有收據(jù)。
A：Right
對。
Social Security-(社會保險)
A：Man, they take a lot of our paycheck.
嘿，他們從我的薪水里扣了不少錢哦。
B：Yeah, the government really takes a bite, doesn’t it?
是呀，政府確實扣除不少。
A：Seriously. The only tax I don’t mind them taking is social security. It’s only a few dollars every paycheck.
當然。只有社會保險這種稅我不介意上交。每回只要從薪水里面扣除幾元錢。
B：Yeah, I don’t mind it either. We’ll both end up rich slobs and not need it, but what if we do, you know?
是呀，我也不介意。我們最終肯定不會缺錢也不會需要它，但是如果我們有這個錢的話，你知道？
A：Yeah. It won’t be much, but at least we’ll have a monthly check when we get old.
是呀，雖然不多，但是最少老了以后每個月有一個固定收入。
B：Yeah. My grandmother gets by on social security and the money my grandfather invested when he was alive.
是呀，我祖母就是靠社會保險金和祖父在世時的投資生活。
A：Let’s just hope the politicians don’t figure out a way to spend it.
讓我們巴望政治家們不會想著法子把它用掉吧。
B：Really？No, they couldn’t. None of them would have jobs if they did.
真的嗎？不，不會的。如果他們這樣做了，他們的工作就不保了。
1. 數(shù)字：簡單地說,一位數(shù)(single-digit)要拼寫為單詞(word),而不是使用阿拉伯數(shù)字(figure)表達. 兩位數(shù)及其它多位數(shù)(numbers of two or more digits)要使用阿拉伯數(shù)字而不是單詞表達. 當然,這不是絕對的. 在科技性論文和統(tǒng)計數(shù)據(jù)中,
1. 數(shù)字;(尤指)統(tǒng)計數(shù)字
A figure is a particular amount expressed as a number, especially a statistic.
e.g. It would be very nice if we had a true figure of how many people in this country haven't got a job...
如果我們能得到該國失業(yè)人口的真實數(shù)字就好了。
e.g. It will not be long before the inflation figure starts to fall...
過不了多久，通貨膨脹率就會開始下降。
2. (0 到 9 的)數(shù)字符號，數(shù)目字
A figure is any of the ten written symbols from 0 to 9 that are used to represent a number.
figure的近義詞
3. 位數(shù)
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.
e.g. Inflation, which has usually been in single figures, is running at more than 12%...
通常保持在個位數(shù)的通貨膨脹率現(xiàn)在已超過了 12％。
e.g. Crawley, with 14, was the only other player to reach double figures...
克勞利拿到 14 分,是僅有的另外一個得分達兩位數(shù)的球員。
4. 人影;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.
e.g. Alistair saw the dim figure of Rose in the chair...
阿利斯泰爾看見了坐在椅子里的羅絲的模糊身影。
e.g. She waited, standing on the bridge, until his figure vanished against the grey backdrop of the Palace...
她站在橋上，一直等到他的身影消失在宮殿灰色的陰影中。
5. (繪畫作品中的)人物;雕像;塑像
In art, a figure is a person in a drawing or a painting, or a statue of a person.
figure的近義詞
e.g. ...a life-size bronze figure of a brooding, hooded woman.
一個戴著兜帽作沉思狀的真人大小青銅女子雕像
6. 體形;身材
Your figure is the shape of your body.
figure
e.g. Take pride in your health and your figure...
為自己的健康和體形感到驕傲吧。
e.g. Janet was a natural blonde with a good figure.
珍妮特天生一頭金發(fā)，身材曼妙。
7. 知名人士;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.
figure
e.g. The movement is supported by key figures in the three main political parties.
這個運動受到三大政黨關(guān)鍵人物的支持。
8. (某種)人物，形象
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.
e.g. Sometimes young lads just need to turn to a mother figure for a bit of a chat and reassurance.
有時候年輕小伙子只是需要找一個母親式的人物聊一聊，從中獲得安慰。
e.g. Daniel Boone, the great hero figure of the frontier...
丹尼爾·布恩——西部偉大的英雄形象
9. (書、雜志等中的)圖，表
In books and magazines, the diagrams which help to show or explain information are referred to as figures .
e.g. If you look at a world map (see Figure 1) you can identify the major wine-producing regions...
查一查世界地圖(見圖1)，就能找到主要的葡萄酒產(chǎn)區(qū)。
e.g. Figure 1.15 shows which provinces lost populations between 1910 and 1920.
表 1.15 顯示出哪些省份在 1910 至 1920 年間人口減少了。
10. (尤指規(guī)則的幾何)圖形
In geometry, a figure is a shape, especially a regular shape.
e.g. Draw a pentagon, a regular five-sided figure.
畫個五邊形，一個規(guī)則的五邊形。
11. 認為;猜想;估計
If you figure that something is the case, you think or guess that it is the case.
e.g. She figured that both she and Ned had learned a lot from the experience.
她覺得自己和內(nèi)德都從這一經(jīng)歷中學到了很多東西。
12. 不奇怪;很正常;合乎情理
If you say 'That figures' or 'It figures', you mean that the fact referred to is not surprising.
figure是什么意思
e.g. When I finished, he said, 'Yeah. That figures'...
等我說完，他說道：“是啊，那是預料中事。”
e.g. Work it out and you'll find it figures.
弄明白了你就會覺得這合情合理。
13. 出現(xiàn)，包括(在…中)
If a person or thing figures in something, they appear in or are included in it.
e.g. Human rights violations figured prominently in the report.
有關(guān)侵犯人權(quán)的部分在報告中占據(jù)了顯要地位。
14. 顯出…的樣子;顯得
If you say that someone cuts a particular figure, you mean that they appear to other people in the way described.
e.g. Today she cuts a lonely figure.
今天她看起來十分孤獨。
15. 小丑;可笑的人
If you describe someone as a figure of fun, you mean that people think they are ridiculous.
e.g. The man has become an unlikely figure of fun.
令人想象不到的是，這個男人已經(jīng)成為了笑談。
16. 保持/失去苗條的身材
If you keep your figure, you stay thin. If you lose your figure, you become rather fat.
e.g. You'll lose your girlish figure if you don't watch out.
如果不多加注意，你就會失去女孩般的苗條身段。
17. 說出…的確切數(shù)量(或數(shù)目)
When you put a figure on an amount, you say exactly how much it is.
e.g. No one will put a figure on the final cost of this reconstruction.
誰也不愿確切地說明這一重建最后總共的花費是多少。
18. 預料;料想
If you figure on something, you plan that it will happen or assume that it will happen when making your plans.
e.g. Jack worked as hard as he could to build his business, but he hadn't figured on a few obstacles.
杰克竭盡全力發(fā)展自己的公司，但有幾個障礙是他始料不及的。
19. 想出;理解;弄清
If you figure out a solution to a problem or the reason for something, you succeed in solving it or understanding it.
figure是什么意思
e.g. It took them about one month to figure out how to start the equipment...
他們花了大約1個月的時間才搞清楚如何啟動設(shè)備。
e.g. They're trying to figure out the politics of this whole situation...
他們正試圖弄明白整個情形背后的權(quán)術(shù)爭斗。
20. 算出…的總和
If you figure up a cost or amount, you add numbers together to get the total.
e.g. He figured up the balance in their checking account.
他算出了他們活期存款賬戶上的余額總和。
相關(guān)詞組：figure onfigure outfigure up