Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter, more curious, less afraid of what he doesn't know, better at finding and figuring things out, more confident, resourceful (機敏的), persistent and independent than he will ever be again in his schooling – or, unless he is very unusual and very lucky, for the rest of his life.
出自-2010年6月聽力原文
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數字;(尤指)統計數字
A figure is a particular amount expressed as a number, especially a statistic.
例句
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人口的真實數字就好了。
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。
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(0 到 9 的)數字符號，數目字
A figure is any of the ten written symbols from 0 to 9 that are used to represent a number.
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N-PLURAL
位數
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.
例句
Inflation, which has usually been in single figures, is running at more than 12%...
通常保持在個位數的通貨膨脹率現在已超過了 12％。
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的球員。
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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.
例句
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。
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。
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(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.
例句
...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
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體形;身材
Your figure is the shape of your body.
例句
Take pride in your health and your figure...
為自己的健康和體形感到驕傲吧。
Janet was a natural blonde with a good figure.
珍妮特天生一頭金發，身材曼妙。
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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.
例句
The movement is supported by key figures in the three main political parties.
這個運動受到三大政黨關鍵人物的支持。
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(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.
例句
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。
Daniel Boone, the great hero figure of the frontier...
丹尼爾·布恩——西部偉大的英雄形象
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(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 .
例句
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區。
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。
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(尤指規則的幾何)圖形
In geometry, a figure is a shape, especially a regular shape.
例句
Draw a pentagon, a regular five-sided figure.
畫個五邊形，一個規則的五邊形。
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VERB
認為;猜想;估計
If you figure that something is the case, you think or guess that it is the case.
例句
She figured that both she and Ned had learned a lot from the experience.
她覺得自己和內德都從這一經歷中學到了很多東西。
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VERB
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.
例句
When I finished, he said, 'Yeah. That figures'...
等我說完，他說道：“是啊，那是預料中事。”
Work it out and you'll find it figures.
弄明白了你就會覺得這合情合理。
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VERB
出現，包括(在…中)
If a person or thing figures in something, they appear in or are included in it.
例句
Human rights violations figured prominently in the report.
有關侵犯人權的部分在報告中占據了顯要地位。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
Today she cuts a lonely figure.
今天她看起來十分孤獨。
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PHRASE
小丑;可笑的人
If you describe someone as a figure of fun, you mean that people think they are ridiculous.
例句
The man has become an unlikely figure of fun.
令人想象不到的是，這個男人已經成為了笑談。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
說出…的確切數量(或數目)
When you put a figure on an amount, you say exactly how much it is.
例句
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。
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PHRASAL VERB
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.
例句
Jack worked as hard as he could to build his business, but he hadn't figured on a few obstacles.
杰克竭盡全力發展自己的公司，但有幾個障礙是他始料不及的。
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PHRASAL VERB
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.
例句
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備。
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術爭斗。
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PHRASAL VERB
算出…的總和
If you figure up a cost or amount, you add numbers together to get the total.
例句
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。