figure

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

It would be very nice if we had a true figure of how many people in this country haven't got a job. 要是我們有一個確切的數字反映這個國家到底有多少人沒有工作就好了。

It will not be long before the inflation figure starts to fall. 過不了多久，通貨膨脹的數字就會開始下降。

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

...the glowing red figures on the radio alarm clock which read 4:22 a.m. …收音機閙鍾上閃閃發光的紅色數字顯示淩晨4點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. 厄尼看到了羅斯坐在椅子裡的模糊身影。

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. …一個真人大小、戴著頭巾、正在沉思的女銅像。

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

Take pride in your health and your figure. 爲你的健康和身材感到驕傲。

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. 這場運動由3個主要政黨的重要人物支持。

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. 丹尼爾·佈恩是偉大的前線英雄的代表。

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

If you look at a world map (see Figure 1) you can identify the major wine-producing regions. 如果你看看世界地圖（見圖1），你就能辨認出主要的葡萄酒生産地區。

9. N-COUNT In geometry, a figure is a shape, especially a regular shape. 幾何圖形[技術]

Draw a pentagon, a regular five-sided figure. 畫一個五邊形，一個槼則的五邊圖形。

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. 數字

Inflation, which has usually been in single figures, is running at more than 12%. 通貨膨脹率通常都是一位數字，正飆陞至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. 她想她和內德都從這次經歷中學到了很多。

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."

我做完時，他說：“嗯，正如所料。”

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

Human rights violations figured prominently in the report. 侵犯人權出現在報告中的顯要位置。