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figure

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n. 数字；人物；图形；价格；（人的）体形；画像
vi. 计算；出现；扮演角色
vt. 计算；认为；描绘；象征

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This danger can be avoided, according to computer science professor Stuart Russell, if we figure out how to turn human values into a programmable code.

The Department of Public Health in Boston gathers and carefully examines the figures and then draws its conclusions.

It means that a thief likely wouldn't be able to Google how the system works, then figure out a way around it.

The author was advised against the improper use of figures of speech.

She had no patience for brilliant but irrelevant figures of speech.

Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures, conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issues rather than stringing together nonsense words, for example.

The number of British films being made has declined in the past few years, according to new figures.

Just when you had figured out how to manage fat in your diet, researchers are now warning against another common mealtime pitfall (陷阱) — salt.

What do we learn from the passage about the unemployment figures in the U.S.?.S.?

SAT scores began dropping in 1963;today,on average,30% of students do not complete high school in four years, a figure that rises to 50% in poor urban neighborhoods.

When you try to figure out a confusing game.

They are popular figures among young people.

I can't figure out when my bus to Cleveland leaves?

Now you've seen this table of figures about the pocket money children in Britain get?

What is the table of figures about

Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter, more curious, less afraid of what he doesn't know, better at finding and figuring things out, more confident, resourceful (机敏的), persistent and independent than he will ever be again in his schooling – or, unless he is very unusual and very lucky, for the rest of his life.

This figure has dropped to only 6924 in 2017.

They try to develop their skills through close supervision and organized activities, and teach children to question authority figures and navigate elite institutions.

The consumer was ultimately to be mentioned as well, especially by the likes of Dorothy Shaver, who could point to the sales figures at Lord & Taylor.

When we ask teens to choose a hero, they usually select an older family member rather than a remote public figure.

The figures available will not be completely accurate.

The central figures in the Chicago schools strike are neither strikers nor managers but 350,000 children.

How does one figure out who is a weak teacher? Yes, that's a challenge.

No average person wants to figure out whether their favorite calendar software works with their fridge or whether their washing machine and tablet get along.

You say your shop has been doing well, could you give me some idea of what doing well means in facts and figures?Birds are famous for carrying things around.

She’s figured out that it will take her another three years to pay it off at 30 dollars a month.

Obama is only the most prominent public figure to declare inequality Public Enemy No.

If we could figure out how to improve the efficiency with which we use energy, we can do a lot of work with the energy that is available.

Jack White, the former front man of the White Stripes and an influential figure among fellow musicians, likes to make things difficult for himself.

Furthermore, this figure does not reflect the fact that large amounts of land, energy, fertilisers and water have also been lost in the production of foodstuffs which simply end up as waste

An influential figure decided to move from the countryside to the city.

As they walk around a playground or other area, text, video or audio pops up at various points to help them try to figure out why aliens were in the schoolyard

Collectively, we rely on the unemployment figures and other statistics to frame our sense of reality.

What does the author think of the unemployment figures and other statistics

based businesses, large and small, figure out how to get a piece of growing global demand?

Over the past two years, the figures on imports and exports seem not to signal a double-dip recession – a renewed decline in the broad level of economic activity in the United States – but an economic expansion.

But there's no easy way to see what those figures mean in real life.

By recapturing the attempt of the monarch and noting where they came from, the next scientist can figure out things like butterfly's age and its routing

A rich stock of manuscripts left by historical figures.

I can't figure out when my bus to Cleveland leaves?

He has long been a legendary figure.

By 2008, the figure had fallen into the single 33 digits.

How does one figure out who is a weak teacher?

It is the season for some frantic last-minute math一across the country, employees of all stripes are counting backward in an attempt to figure out just how much paid time-off they have left in their reserves.

Music, I don't especially love life on the road, but I figure if you are lucky enough to be able to do what you truly love doing, you've got the ultimate of life.

No average person wants to figure out whether their favorite calendar software works with their fridge or whether their washing machine and tablet get along.

Now they are trying to figure out what molecular signaling processes activate those seed-building genes in resurrection plants—and how to reproduce them in crops.

Other studies have found that even infants in East Asia sleep about an hour less than European infants, so we're trying to figure out how culture shapes the way you sleep.

The harder the code, the more some people will try to figure it out.

The problem was that I barely knew anything about 3D printing, and I had only nine months to figure out how to print five fashionable looks.

To begin to figure out how computers are struggling, researchers at the University of Washington created a massive database of faces—they call it MegaFace—and tested a variety of facial-recognition algorithms as they scaled up in complexity.

Usually they start by giving a survey to figure out what style a student favors, like visual or verbal learning.

When psychologists and educators test for learning styles, they're trying to figure out whether these are inherent traits that affect how well students learn instead of just a preference.

As natural architects, the pueblo Indians figured out exactly how thick the adobe walls needed to be to make the cycle work on most days.

But what I still can't figure out is why I never got tired, never felt better in my life.

Children may have greater ability to figure out things than scientists.

Furthermore, around 50% of the world's population live in regions where the figure is now below the replacement level.

He said the chickens had never missed a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped laying eggs.

I figured whoever lost the dog was probably just as close to it as I am to my dogs, says ehlers.

If you don't understand something, you may research, study, and talk to other people until you figure it out.

Indeed official figures suggest the country has shrunk by 5% since 1993 and people in Russia live a shorter life now than those in 1961.

It is difficult to figure out a global population of polar bears as much of the range has been poorly studied; however, biologists calculate that there are about 20, 000-25, 000 polar bears worldwide.

Naomi managed to figure out 16 of Steve's favorite, and most personal songs.

"NUS statistics show that over 40% of students are forced to work during term time and the figure increases to 90% during vacating periods, " he said.

Sitting back in the car on the way to the airport, I figured it all out.

Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased with this explanation.

The same cognitive systems that make young children feel good about feel good about figuring something out may have been adopted by adult scientists.

The study looked at the range of jobs mothers do, as well as the hours they are working, to determine the figure.

Walk out of our comfort zone and try new things! College is when we should focus on a specific major, but high school is when we have to figure it out.

Your house may have an effect on your figure.

Overall, Europe’s wholesale market for food and drink is growing at the same sluggish pace as the retail market, but the figures, when added together, mask two opposing trends.

Among the commission’s 51 members are top-tier-university presidents, scholars, lawyers, judges, and business executives, as well as prominent figures from diplomacy, filmmaking, music and journalism.

But unlike their absolutist counterparts in the Gulf and Asia, most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure.

There were Pickwick coats and Pickwick cigars, and the plump, spectacled hero, Samuel Pickwick, became a national figure.

By most recent measures, the UK’s GDP has been the envy of the Western world, with record low unemployment and high growth figures.

But policymakers who refocus efforts on improving well-being rather than simply worrying about GDP figures could avoid the forecasted doom and may even see progress.

Many of the most celebrated national figures have participated in historical events that have taken place within the EEOB's granite walls.

At its peak in 2007, it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm—double the figure five years earlier.

In a workplace that's fundamentally indifferent to your life and its meaning, office speak can help you figure out how you relate to your work—and how your work defines who you are.

Taking a gap year to figure things out initially can help prevent stress and save money later on.

There are fundamental public health problems, like dirty hands instead of a soap habit, that remain killers only because we can't figure out how to change people's habits.

There were pickwick coats and pickwick cigars, and the plump, spectacled hero, Samuel pickwick, became a national figure.

This figure is now 830, 000 above its year ago level.