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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.
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The Department of Public Health in Boston gathers and carefully examines the figures and then draws its conclusions.
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It means that a thief likely wouldn't be able to Google how the system works, then figure out a way around it.
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The author was advised against the improper use of figures of speech.
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She had no patience for brilliant but irrelevant figures of speech.
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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.
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The number of British films being made has declined in the past few years, according to new figures.
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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.
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What do we learn from the passage about the unemployment figures in the U.S.?.S.?
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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.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文
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When you try to figure out a confusing game.
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They are popular figures among young people.
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I can't figure out when my bus to Cleveland leaves?
出自-2011年12月听力原文
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Now you've seen this table of figures about the pocket money children in Britain get?
出自-2010年6月听力原文
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What is the table of figures about
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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.
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This figure has dropped to only 6924 in 2017.
2019年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
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They try to develop their skills through close supervision and organized activities, and teach children to question authority figures and navigate elite institutions.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
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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.
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When we ask teens to choose a hero, they usually select an older family member rather than a remote public figure.
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The figures available will not be completely accurate.
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The central figures in the Chicago schools strike are neither strikers nor managers but 350,000 children.
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How does one figure out who is a weak teacher? Yes, that's a challenge.
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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.
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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.
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She’s figured out that it will take her another three years to pay it off at 30 dollars a month.
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Obama is only the most prominent public figure to declare inequality Public Enemy No.
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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.
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Jack White, the former front man of the White Stripes and an influential figure among fellow musicians, likes to make things difficult for himself.
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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
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An influential figure decided to move from the countryside to the city.
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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
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Collectively, we rely on the unemployment figures and other statistics to frame our sense of reality.
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What does the author think of the unemployment figures and other statistics
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based businesses, large and small, figure out how to get a piece of growing global demand?
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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.
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But there's no easy way to see what those figures mean in real life.
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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
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A rich stock of manuscripts left by historical figures.
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I can't figure out when my bus to Cleveland leaves?
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He has long been a legendary figure.
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By 2008, the figure had fallen into the single 33 digits.
2016年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A
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How does one figure out who is a weak teacher?
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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.
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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.
2015年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The harder the code, the more some people will try to figure it out.
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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.
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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.
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Usually they start by giving a survey to figure out what style a student favors, like visual or verbal learning.
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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.
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数字;(尤指)统计数字
A figure is a particular amount expressed as a number, especially a statistic.
例句
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。
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。
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(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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N-PLURAL
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.
例句
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%。
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。
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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.
例句
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。
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。
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(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.
例句
...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
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体形;身材
Your figure is the shape of your body.
例句
Take pride in your health and your figure...
为自己的健康和体形感到骄傲吧。
Janet was a natural blonde with a good figure.
珍妮特天生一头金发,身材曼妙。
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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.
例句
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。
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(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.
例句
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。
Daniel Boone, the great hero figure of the frontier...
丹尼尔·布恩——西部伟大的英雄形象
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(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 .
例句
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。
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。
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(尤指规则的几何)图形
In geometry, a figure is a shape, especially a regular shape.
例句
Draw a pentagon, a regular five-sided figure.
画个五边形,一个规则的五边形。
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VERB
认为;猜想;估计
If you figure that something is the case, you think or guess that it is the case.
例句
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。
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VERB
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.
例句
When I finished, he said, 'Yeah. That figures'...
等我说完,他说道:“是啊,那是预料中事。”
Work it out and you'll find it figures.
弄明白了你就会觉得这合情合理。
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VERB
出现,包括(在…中)
If a person or thing figures in something, they appear in or are included in it.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
Today she cuts a lonely figure.
今天她看起来十分孤独。
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小丑;可笑的人
If you describe someone as a figure of fun, you mean that people think they are ridiculous.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
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。
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PHRASAL VERB
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.
例句
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。
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PHRASAL VERB
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.
例句
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。
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。
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PHRASAL VERB
算出…的总和
If you figure up a cost or amount, you add numbers together to get the total.
例句
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。
Noun
1. a diagram or picture illustrating textual material;
"the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"2. alternative names for the body of a human being;
"Leonardo studied the human body""he has a strong physique""the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"3. one of the elements that collectively form a system of numbers;
"0 and 1 are digits"4. a model of a bodily form (especially of a person);
"he made a figure of Santa Claus"5. a well-known or notable person;
"they studied all the great names in the history of France""she is an important figure in modern music"6. a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
7. an amount of money expressed numerically;
"a figure of $17 was suggested"8. the impression produced by a person;
"he cut a fine figure""a heroic figure"9. the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals;
"he had a number of chores to do""the number of parameters is small""the figure was about a thousand"10. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
11. a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
12. a decorative or artistic work;
"the coach had a design on the doors"13. a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating;
"she made the best score on compulsory figures"Verb
1. judge to be probable
2. be or play a part of or in;
"Elections figure prominently in every government program""How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"3. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind;
"I can't see him on horseback!""I can see what will happen""I can see a risk in this strategy"4. make a mathematical calculation or computation
5. understand;
"He didn't figure her"