Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #325
figure
认为；估计；猜想
To think, assume, suppose, or reckon.
- 1.
To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
认为,假设,推测,估计
- 2.
To enter into; to be a part of.
参与；成为一部分
- 3.
To represent in a picture or drawing.
在图画或绘画中表现
- 4.
To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
用图案装饰；用图形点缀
- 5.
To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
用隐喻表现；象征或代表
- 6.
To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
在低音上方或下方写数字或其他符号以指示伴奏和弦
- 7.
To embellish.
装饰
出现；起作用；描绘；画出；装饰；点缀；象征；代表；（为低音）标记数字（以指示和弦）
In use
I need to figure the total cost before making a decision.
She figured that he would be late, so she started without him.
Can you figure out what's wrong with this machine?
Verb forms
base figure · third person figures · -ing figuring · past figured · past participle figured
Connections
Collocations
- figure out
- 弄明白；想出；计算出
- She finally figured out the answer to the puzzle.她终于弄明白了这个谜题的答案。
- figure on
- 指望；计划；预料
- We’re figuring on a 9 a.m. start.我们预计早上九点开始。
- figure in
- 把……包括进来；在……中起作用
- Remember to figure in the cost of shipping.记得把运费算进去。
- figure that + clause
- 认为；估计；猜想
- I figure that we’ll arrive by noon.我估计我们中午前能到。
- figure prominently
- （在某事中）起重要作用；突出地出现
- The economy figured prominently in the debate.经济在这次辩论中显得非常重要。
- it figures
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：figure 原义是“图形、人影”，作动词“估计”就像在心里描画出数字或轮廓来推算。figure out 即把思路“画清楚”。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常对话、口语表达 figure 作动词表示“认为、估计”时多为非正式口语用法，通常用于日常对话中；正式写作中更常用 think、suppose 或 estimate。
Grammar Note
可及物也可不及物；及物时常接名词或宾语从句。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正的同韵词有 configure、disfigure、prefigure、transfigure，均以 /fɪɡjɚ/ 结尾；注意拼写相近的 sugar /ˈʃʊɡɚ/ 和 bigger /ˈbɪɡɚ/ 没有 /j/ 音，发音不同，不与 figure 押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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