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2005.03.15(Review of 2003.10.22 edition)
A businessman needs a set of symbols to record all those transactions with. Well, once again, necessity was the mother of invention!
FIGURE (= number) 数字、額、桁
- A figure is a number, especially from 0 to 9, or an amount represented in numbers.
- figure は０から９までの数字のこと、または数字で表された量のことを言います。数字の桁のことも figure といいます。
- In 1990, they had stores in only 12 countries. By the year 2000, this figure had risen to 47.
- There were 137 cases of influenza reported there last year, but the real figure is probably much higher.
- I never thought I'd be earning a six-figure salary someday, but now I'm making $120,000 a year!
- (a college public relations officer)
Our recent figures show that over 80% of our students find employment in their first year after graduation. - a: How were last quarter's sales figures?
b: Better than expected. Nearly 150% over the previous quarter's.
Regrettably, we must go now. Much success to you!