Figure
[ 'fɪɡjɚ ]
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n. 数字;算术;人物;身材;
vi. 计算;出现;扮演角色;
vt. 计算在内;估计;推测;认为;
💡 词根助记
fig做，塑造，虚构+ure名词后缀，状态 →做出的状态→形象，人物
📝 例句
He has become a figure known to everyone.
他已成了一个知名人物。
I saw a figure in the darkness.
我看到暗处有一个人影。
He is a household legendary figure.
他是个家喻户晓的传奇性人物。
That doesn't figure!
那没道理!
But Bosch was essentially a literary figure.
但是博什基本上是一个文人。
🌱 联想助记
【串】关羽庞大的figure(体型),已经被injure(损伤),抗拒美女lure(诱惑),劝降归于failure(失败),是豪杰pure(十足的)
【记】※谐音“费戈”:足球运动员费戈的外形很优美
※ figure-数字,future-将来:统计数字显示最近将来经济有更大的发展
※ f-拼音“父”,I-我,gu-拼音“姑”,re-谐音“阿姨”:父亲、我、姑姑、阿姨是4个不同的外形
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-fac-表示“制作”
常见变体有-fic-、-fig-、-fect-、-feat-
📖 牛津释义
figure
n
1 [C]
(a) written symbol for a number, esp 0 to 9 数字（尤指0至9）
Write the figure `7' for me. 给我写个｀7＇字.
He has an income of six figures/a six-figure income, ie 100000 or more. 他有六位数字的收入（至少为100000英镑）.
(b) (usu sing 通常作单数) sum of money; price 金额; 价格
We bought the house at a high/low figure, ie for a high/low price. 我们以高[低]价买下了那所房子.
2 [C]
(a) diagram or illustration 图解; 图表
The figure on page 22 shows a political map of Africa. 第22页的插图是非洲的政区图.
(b) geometrical shape enclosed by lines or surfaces 几何图形.
3 [C] decorative pattern or series of movements 装饰性的图案或系列动作
The skater executed a perfect set of figures. 那个滑冰的人做出了一套完美的花样动作.
[attrib 作定语]
figure-skating 花样滑冰.
4 [C] representation of a person or an animal in drawing, painting, etc （绘画等中的）人或动物的像, 画像, 肖像
The central figure in the painting is the artist's daughter. 画中间的那个人是画家的女儿.
5 [C] human form, esp its appearance, what it suggests, and how it is seen by others 身材; （尤指）体态, 相貌
have a good figure, ie be slim, shapely, etc 身材苗条
I'm dieting to keep my figure, ie in order not to get fatter. 我正在节食以保持身材不变（不发胖）.
I saw a figure approaching in the darkness. 我看见黑暗中有个人影走近.
He was once a leading figure in the community, but now he has become a figure of fun, ie His influence was considerable but now he appears merely ridiculous. 他原是该社区的头面人物, 但现在成了人们取笑的对象.
She's a fine figure of a woman, ie pleasing in shape and appearance. 她身材苗条.
6 figures [pl]
arithmetic 算术
Are you good at figures? 你的算术好吗?
7 (idm 习语) cut a fine, poor, sorry, etc `figure have a fine, etc appearance 出众、 出丑、 出洋相等. facts and figures => fact. put a figure on sth quote a price or specify a number for sth 报价; 确定某物的数量
It's impossible to put a figure on the number of homeless after the flood. 水灾过後无家可归的人不计其数. in round figures/numbers => round1. single figures => single.
figure v
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (in sth) appear or be mentioned, esp prominently 出现或被提及（尤指引人注目的）
a character that figures in many of her novels 在她多部小说中出现的一个人物
She figured conspicuously in the public debate on the issue. 她在该问题的公开辩论中很引人注目.
2
(a) [Tn, Tf] (esp US) think (sth); calculate 想（某事物）; 估计
I figured (that) you wouldn't come. 我料想你不会来.
It's what I figured. 我是这样认为的.
(b) [I] (used with itor that 与it或that连用) (infml 口) be likely orunderstandable 有可能; 可以理解
`John isn't here today.'`That figures, he looked very unwell yesterday.' ｀约翰今天没来.＇｀怪不得, 他昨天就好像不太舒服.＇
3 (phr v) figure sth in (US) include sth in one's calculations 将某事物包括在内; 计算在内
Have you figured in the cost of food for our holiday? 你把咱们度假的食物费用计算进去了吗? figure on sth (US) include sth in one's plans; rely on sth 计画; 指望
I figure on being in New York in January. 我计画一月份在纽约. figure sb/sth out (esp US)
(a) come to understand sb/sth by thinking 理解某人[某事物]; 弄明白
I've never been able to figure him out. 我一直不能理解他.
I can't figure out why he quit his job. 我琢磨不透他为什麽要辞掉工作.* Have you figured out what's wrong with your car?你找出你汽车的毛病了吗?
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🎯 考研助记
肥个（谐音）： 体型是肥个 fig(无花果)+ure:来自于圣经中,夏娃感觉自己不穿衣服,有羞耻感了,就用无花果的叶子做了衣服-即由原来的遮挡人身体的形状引申为 人体 人物,女性的 身材, 轮廓.并抽象为构想轮廓---- 算出 想出
🔁 扩展释义
*['figә]n. 数字, 价格, 图形, 形状vt. 描绘, 表示, 演算, 认为vi. 计算, 出现, 估计【医】 图形; 数字【经】 数据, 价格, 金额, 数字相关词组: figure for... figure in figure on... figure up
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「职场」词汇
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I'm staying with a friend of mine. Her name is Kate Klarke.
我打算和我的一个朋友住在一起。她叫凯特·克拉克。
And I advise you not to eat fruit that isn't ripe in future.
还有，我劝你今后不要吃不熟的水果。
My grammar is improving, but I find idioms and useful expressions hard to learn.
我的语法在进步，但我发现习语和有用表达很难学。