美 [ˈfɪɡjər]
v. 计算；用数字表示；修琢（figure 的 ing 形式）
figure /ˈfɪɡə/ CET4 TEM4 [ figuring figured figures ]
可数名词 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。
可数名词 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。
可数名词 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。
可数名词 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。
可数名词 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。
可数名词 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。
可数名词 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。
可数名词 In books and magazines, the diagrams which help to show or explain information are referred to as figures. 图表
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。
可数名词 In geometry, a figure is a shape, especially a regular shape. 几何图形
Draw a pentagon, a regular five-sided figure.
画一个五边形，一个规则的五边图形。
复数型名词 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。
及物动词 If you figure that something is the case, you think or guess that it is the case. 想
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。
不及物动词 If you say "That figures" or "It figures," you mean that the fact referred to is not surprising. 意料之中
When I finished, he said, "Yeah. That figures."
我做完时，他说：“嗯，正如所料。”
不及物动词 If a person or thing figures in something, they appear in or are included in it. 出现
Human rights violations figured prominently in the report.
侵犯人权出现在报告中的显要位置。
problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
同义词： calculation / computation / reckoning
音型-引用次数：1
参考来源缪斯圣殿中的两朵奇葩
舞步型；一回旋；(画在冰上的)图形
修辞手段，修辞格，比喻
用数字表示
舞步型；一回旋；(画在冰上的)图形
(三段论的)格
图形，图表，图解，图
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... figuredcontour标明数字的等值线 figuring计算；用数字表示 FIH井中流体；井内液体量 ...
修琢 : chipping; dressing; figuring 修琢石 : dre ing of stone; dressed stone; dress ..
计算；用数字表示；修琢（figure的ing形式）
It was so much fun figuring out where to put the openings for the spout and handle!
要弄明白在哪儿给壶嘴和把手开个口，这事真是太有趣了！
California is leading the way, as it does on so many climate efforts, in figuring out the details.
就像在许多气候问题上的举措一样，加州一如既往在处理细节问题方面遥遥领先。
Figuring himself a franchising whiz, Katz got into gyms, executive recruiting, dentistry, hair salons and cosmetics.
自视为特许经营奇才的 Katz 进入健身房，主管招聘，牙科，美发沙龙和化妆品行业。
I think a lot of companies are finally figuring out that preventative care in general is much less expensive in the long run."
VOA : special.2011.02.28
So now that we have enough practice drawing Lewis structures let's talk about actually figuring out this formal charge.
那么现在我们已经做了足够多的画路易斯结构的练习,让我们来讨论一下如何得出形式电荷。
化学原理课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课
Now, the purpose of this exercise is to give you a little bit of practice in figuring out what these quantities are.
就有这样的结论,这个练习的作用时让你们理解,这些物理量是什么。
热力学与动力学课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课
"I've always loved working with the robots. And when I first started it was a challenge working with the robots, understanding how they worked and figuring them out.
VOA : special.2010.07.28
"Rather than try to bring a lot of infrastructure to them and expect them to learn how to use the Internet, the idea was to make a technology that even Grandma could use, figuring that Grandma could probably walk up to a box and push a button."
VOA : special.2009.10.12
The stress of figuring all this out is difficult enough without the terror of the disease itself.
With Cerezyme, Genzyme began by figuring out what kind of doctors patients with Gaucher disease visit.
Some very smart people are hard at work at figuring out how to do so.