1 B1 非正式
通过仔细思考找出问题或谜团的答案。
"It took me an hour to figure out how to assemble the bookshelf."
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"We need to figure out a way to change that."
— Barack Obama, campaign speech, 2008
可分离
通过思考和推理来理解或解决某事。
认真想,直到你明白某事或找到答案。
共 3 个含义,从最常见到最少见,按 CEFR 等级色彩标注。
通过仔细思考找出问题或谜团的答案。
"It took me an hour to figure out how to assemble the bookshelf."
"We need to figure out a way to change that."
— Barack Obama, campaign speech, 2008
了解某人的性格、动机或行为。
"I've worked with him for years but I still can't figure him out."
"I can't figure you out."
— Maroon 5, 'This Love', 2004
计算数字数量或总数。
"Can you figure out what we each owe for the bill?"
原意是计算或写出数字——历史上和算术有关,现在广泛用于各种问题的解决。
认真想,直到你明白某事或找到答案。
在日常美式英语中非常常见。宾语可以放在 figure 和 out 中间(figure it out),也可以在宾语是名词短语时放在 out 后面(figure out the problem)。语气比 work out 或 determine 稍微更不正式。
母语者最常搭配使用的单词。
最常用的五种时态形式。
来自 YouTube 真实视频中 "figure out" 的用法片段 — 点击可在 Looplines 上观看。
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