figure

1. N-COUNT A figure is a particular amount expressed as a number, especially a statistic. 数字

It would be very nice if we had a true figure of how many people in this country haven't got a job. 要是我们有一个确切的数字反映这个国家到底有多少人没有工作就好了。

It will not be long before the inflation figure starts to fall. 过不了多久，通货膨胀的数字就会开始下降。

2. N-COUNT A figure is any of the ten written symbols from 0 to 9 that are used to represent a number. 个位数字

...the glowing red figures on the radio alarm clock which read 4:22 a.m. …收音机闹钟上闪闪发光的红色数字显示凌晨4点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. 厄尼看到了罗斯坐在椅子里的模糊身影。

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. …一个真人大小、戴着头巾、正在沉思的女铜像。

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

Take pride in your health and your figure. 为你的健康和身材感到骄傲。

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. 这场运动由3个主要政党的重要人物支持。

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. 丹尼尔·布恩是伟大的前线英雄的代表。

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

If you look at a world map (see Figure 1) you can identify the major wine-producing regions. 如果你看看世界地图（见图1），你就能辨认出主要的葡萄酒生产地区。

9. N-COUNT In geometry, a figure is a shape, especially a regular shape. 几何图形[技术]

Draw a pentagon, a regular five-sided figure. 画一个五边形，一个规则的五边图形。

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. 数字

Inflation, which has usually been in single figures, is running at more than 12%. 通货膨胀率通常都是一位数字，正飙升至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. 她想她和内德都从这次经历中学到了很多。

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."

我做完时，他说：“嗯，正如所料。”

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

Human rights violations figured prominently in the report. 侵犯人权出现在报告中的显要位置。