Figure ni namba, hasa katika ripoti na takwimu: sales figures huonyesha kampuni imeuza kiasi gani. Pia ni umbo la mwili wa mtu, au mtu muhimu katika eneo fulani: a public figure ni mtu anayejulikana na umma. Lakini figure halitumiki kwa kila umbo au kipande: vitu vya chess huitwa pieces, na katika lugha ya kila siku, miraba na miduara kwa kawaida ni shapes.
figure: una uhakika na maana yake?
Tunga sentensi; tutakagua kama neno lina maana inayofaa na kueleza makosa.
Ukaguzi unachukua muda mrefu kuliko kawaida. Maoni yataonekana hapa yenyewe.
sales/official + figures; a figure of + amount; a key/public/political + figure; chess pieces (not chess figures)
- Please check the figures in the budget before we send it to the director.
- Official figures show that the number of tourists in the city has grown this year.
- Tolstoy is a key figure in Russian literature, and his books are on every school reading list.
Kilichobadilika
Toleo la kwanzaI bought my son a set of wooden chess figures for his birthday.
Baada ya marekebishoI bought my son a set of wooden chess pieces for his birthday.
Vitu vya chess vinaweza kufanana na vinyago vidogo, hivyo wanafunzi wakati mwingine huandika chess figures. Kwa Kiingereza, vitu unavyosogeza ubaoni huitwa pieces: a chess piece, chess pieces. Figure halitumiki kwa maana hii.
Figure na number zinakaribiana, lakini figures kwa kawaida ni namba katika ripoti, takwimu na fedha: sales figures, a figure of £2,000. Number ni namba au kiasi kwa ujumla: a phone number, the number of students. Alama moja kuanzia 0 hadi 9 ni digit: a four-digit PIN.
Zamu yako
The sales ___ for March were much higher than we expected, so the whole team got a bonus.
Onyesha jibu
figures — Hapa ni matokeo ya mauzo ya Machi, na usemi wake wa kawaida ni sales figures. Digit ni alama moja kutoka 0 hadi 9; unazungumzia digits katika msimbo au namba ya simu, si matokeo ya mauzo kwa maana hii.
Eleza ripoti, jedwali au bili uliyotumia karibuni. Sema ni figures zipi zilikuwa muhimu zaidi na zilionyesha nini.
In last month's report, the most important figures were our delivery times: they showed that orders were reaching customers two days faster than before.
Jifunze kutumia maneno mapya kwa usahihi
Tunga sentensi kwa maneno unayojifunza. LetsWords inaonyesha makosa ya matumizi na sarufi, inapendekeza marekebisho na kuyaeleza kwa lugha yako ya mama; kurudia kunasaidia kukumbuka maneno.