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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中央民族大学出版社《新英汉大词典上》第428页（673字）

【词性】：n．

【释义】：

①外形，轮廓；体形〔A triangle is a figure with three sides。

三角形是有三个边的图形。Exercise to keep a slim figure．为保持苗条体形而锻炼。

〕②插图，图表③图案④人物；形象〔an important figure in world affairs国际事务中的重要人物a sorry figure of a man某人的出丑〕⑤数字〔the figures from 1 to 10从一到十的数字〕⑥figures［复］算术，计算〔He is very good at figures．他算术很好。〕⑦价格，价钱〔to sell a thing at a high figure高价出售某物〕⑧舞步；(滑冰)花式⑨修辞格(=figure of speech)〔“Cool as a cucumber”is a figure of speech．“Cool as a cucumber”便是修辞格。

〕‖v．①算出，计算〔Please figure how much I own you．请计算一下我欠你多少钱。〕②［口］估计，相信〔I figure it will rain today．我估计今天要下雨。

〕③用图案装饰④与…有关系〔Lack of education figured in his failure．他的失败与缺乏教育有关。〕／figure on指望／figure out解决，了解，弄清楚