A：We need (to figure out/ calculate/ find out) how much money we’re spending.
      我们得（算算/计算/算一下）我们花了多少钱。

B：Why?
      为什么？

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A：We need to figure out how much money we’re spending and what we’re spending it on.
      我们要算算我们花了多少钱而且都花在什么地方了。

B：Why?
      为什么？

A：Well, I think we could be saving more.
      哦，我想我们该多存一些钱了。

B：Really, well, o.k. Get the receipts out.
      真的，哦，好的。把收据拿出来。

A：Let’s see. We spent $700 dollars for our home loan payment, $400 on groceries, $75 on utilities, $250 on gasoline, $100 on books, and $300 on entertainment last month.
      让我看看。上个月有房屋贷款700元，食品杂货400元，家具75元，汽油费250元，书100元和300元的娱乐消费。

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B：That’s $1825.
      总共是1825元。

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A：We put $500 into the savings account, and $750 into our stock account.
      我们存了500元到储蓄账户。还存了750元到资本账户。

B：$3075. Our paychecks our $3300, combined. That means we don’t have any receipts for $225.
      那就是3075元。我们的薪水加起来是3300元，那意味着有一项225元的支出没有收据。

A：Right
      对。

A：Man, they take a lot of our paycheck.
      嘿，他们从我的薪水里扣了不少钱哦。

B：Yeah, the government really takes a bite, doesn’t it?
      是呀，政府确实扣除不少。

A：Seriously. The only tax I don’t mind them taking is social security. It’s only a few dollars every paycheck.
      当然。只有社会保险这种税我不介意上交。每回只要从薪水里面扣除几元钱。

B：Yeah, I don’t mind it either. We’ll both end up rich slobs and not need it, but what if we do, you know?
      是呀，我也不介意。我们最终肯定不会缺钱也不会需要它，但是如果我们有这个钱的话，你知道？

A：Yeah. It won’t be much, but at least we’ll have a monthly check when we get old.
      是呀，虽然不多，但是最少老了以后每个月有一个固定收入。

B：Yeah. My grandmother gets by on social security and the money my grandfather invested when he was alive.
      是呀，我祖母就是靠社会保险金和祖父在世时的投资生活。

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A：Let’s just hope the politicians don’t figure out a way to spend it.
      让我们巴望政治家们不会想着法子把它用掉吧。

B：Really？No, they couldn’t. None of them would have jobs if they did.
      真的吗？不，不会的。如果他们这样做了，他们的工作就不保了。

1. 数字;(尤指)统计数字
    A figure is a particular amount expressed as a number, especially a statistic.

    e.g. It would be very nice if we had a true figure of how many people in this country haven't got a job...
           如果我们能得到该国失业人口的真实数字就好了。
    e.g. It will not be long before the inflation figure starts to fall...
           过不了多久，通货膨胀率就会开始下降。

2. (0 到 9 的)数字符号，数目字
    A figure is any of the ten written symbols from 0 to 9 that are used to represent a number.

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3. 位数
    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.

    e.g. Inflation, which has usually been in single figures, is running at more than 12%...
           通常保持在个位数的通货膨胀率现在已超过了 12％。
    e.g. Crawley, with 14, was the only other player to reach double figures...
           克劳利拿到 14 分,是仅有的另外一个得分达两位数的球员。

4. 人影;身影
    You refer to someone that you can see as a figure when you cannot see them clearly or when you are describing them.

    e.g. Alistair saw the dim figure of Rose in the chair...
           阿利斯泰尔看见了坐在椅子里的罗丝的模糊身影。
    e.g. She waited, standing on the bridge, until his figure vanished against the grey backdrop of the Palace...
           她站在桥上，一直等到他的身影消失在宫殿灰色的阴影中。

5. (绘画作品中的)人物;雕像;塑像
    In art, a figure is a person in a drawing or a painting, or a statue of a person.

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    e.g. ...a life-size bronze figure of a brooding, hooded woman.
           一个戴着兜帽作沉思状的真人大小青铜女子雕像

6. 体形;身材
    Your figure is the shape of your body.

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    e.g. Take pride in your health and your figure...
           为自己的健康和体形感到骄傲吧。
    e.g. Janet was a natural blonde with a good figure.
           珍妮特天生一头金发，身材曼妙。

7. 知名人士;重要人物
    Someone who is referred to as a figure of a particular kind is a person who is well-known and important in some way.

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    e.g. The movement is supported by key figures in the three main political parties.
           这个运动受到三大政党关键人物的支持。

8. (某种)人物，形象
    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.

    e.g. Sometimes young lads just need to turn to a mother figure for a bit of a chat and reassurance.
           有时候年轻小伙子只是需要找一个母亲式的人物聊一聊，从中获得安慰。
    e.g. Daniel Boone, the great hero figure of the frontier...
           丹尼尔·布恩——西部伟大的英雄形象

9. (书、杂志等中的)图，表
    In books and magazines, the diagrams which help to show or explain information are referred to as figures .

    e.g. If you look at a world map (see Figure 1) you can identify the major wine-producing regions...
           查一查世界地图(见图1)，就能找到主要的葡萄酒产区。
    e.g. Figure 1.15 shows which provinces lost populations between 1910 and 1920.
           表 1.15 显示出哪些省份在 1910 至 1920 年间人口减少了。

10. (尤指规则的几何)图形
    In geometry, a figure is a shape, especially a regular shape.

    e.g. Draw a pentagon, a regular five-sided figure.
           画个五边形，一个规则的五边形。

11. 认为;猜想;估计
      If you figure that something is the case, you think or guess that it is the case.

      e.g. She figured that both she and Ned had learned a lot from the experience.
             她觉得自己和内德都从这一经历中学到了很多东西。

12. 不奇怪;很正常;合乎情理
      If you say 'That figures' or 'It figures', you mean that the fact referred to is not surprising.

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      e.g. When I finished, he said, 'Yeah. That figures'...
             等我说完，他说道：“是啊，那是预料中事。”
      e.g. Work it out and you'll find it figures.
             弄明白了你就会觉得这合情合理。

13. 出现，包括(在…中)
      If a person or thing figures in something, they appear in or are included in it.

      e.g. Human rights violations figured prominently in the report.
             有关侵犯人权的部分在报告中占据了显要地位。

14. 显出…的样子;显得
      If you say that someone cuts a particular figure, you mean that they appear to other people in the way described.

      e.g. Today she cuts a lonely figure.
             今天她看起来十分孤独。

15. 小丑;可笑的人
      If you describe someone as a figure of fun, you mean that people think they are ridiculous.

      e.g. The man has become an unlikely figure of fun.
             令人想象不到的是，这个男人已经成为了笑谈。

16. 保持/失去苗条的身材
      If you keep your figure, you stay thin. If you lose your figure, you become rather fat.

      e.g. You'll lose your girlish figure if you don't watch out.
             如果不多加注意，你就会失去女孩般的苗条身段。

17. 说出…的确切数量(或数目)
      When you put a figure on an amount, you say exactly how much it is.

      e.g. No one will put a figure on the final cost of this reconstruction.
             谁也不愿确切地说明这一重建最后总共的花费是多少。

18. 预料;料想
      If you figure on something, you plan that it will happen or assume that it will happen when making your plans.

      e.g. Jack worked as hard as he could to build his business, but he hadn't figured on a few obstacles.
             杰克竭尽全力发展自己的公司，但有几个障碍是他始料不及的。

19. 想出;理解;弄清
      If you figure out a solution to a problem or the reason for something, you succeed in solving it or understanding it.

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      e.g. It took them about one month to figure out how to start the equipment...
             他们花了大约1个月的时间才搞清楚如何启动设备。
      e.g. They're trying to figure out the politics of this whole situation...
             他们正试图弄明白整个情形背后的权术争斗。

20. 算出…的总和
      If you figure up a cost or amount, you add numbers together to get the total.

      e.g. He figured up the balance in their checking account.
             他算出了他们活期存款账户上的余额总和。

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