Figure 可以表示数字，尤其是报告和统计中的数据：sales figures 说明公司的销售情况。它也可以指身材，或某一领域的重要人物：a public figure 是公众人物。但不能把各种形状或物件都叫 figure：国际象棋的棋子叫 pieces，日常所说的正方形和圆形通常叫 shapes。
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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.
修改原因
修改前I bought my son a set of wooden chess figures for his birthday.
修改后I bought my son a set of wooden chess pieces for his birthday.
棋子有时像小人偶，所以学习者会写 chess figures。但英语中，棋盘上移动的棋子通常叫 pieces：a chess piece、chess pieces。这里应使用这个固定名称。
Figure 和 number 意思接近，但 figures 常指报告、统计和财务中的数字：sales figures、a figure of £2,000。Number 泛指数或数量：a phone number、the number of students。0 到 9 的单个数字符号叫 digit：a four-digit PIN。
动手练习
The sales ___ for March were much higher than we expected, so the whole team got a bonus.
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figures — 题目讨论三月的销售结果，常用搭配是 sales figures。Digit 是 0 到 9 的单个数字符号，常用于代码或电话号码的位数，不是这里的业绩数据。
描述最近接触的一份报告、表格或账单。说明哪些数据最重要，以及它们反映了什么。
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.
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