1、get on

（同…）和睦相處

The host fears the guests won't get on.

主人擔(dān)心客人們會相處得不愉快。

What are your neighbours like? Do you get on with them?

你的鄰居怎么樣？跟他們相處得好嗎？

取得進(jìn)展；有起色

Livy's getting on very well in Russian. She learns very quickly.

莉薇的俄語很有起色，她學(xué)得非常快。

When he came back to see me I asked how he had got on.

他回來看我的時候，我問他進(jìn)展如何。

發(fā)跡；取得成功；出人頭地

Politics is seen as a man's world. It is very difficult for women to get on.

政治被視為男人的領(lǐng)域，女人很難出頭。

2、figure

數(shù)字;(尤指)統(tǒng)計數(shù)字

It would be very nice if we had a true figure of how many people in this country haven't got a job.

如果我們能得到該國失業(yè)人口的真實數(shù)字就好了。

It will not be long before the inflation figure starts to fall.

過不了多久，通貨膨脹率就會開始下降。

人影;身影

Alistair saw the dim figure of Rose in the chair.

阿利斯泰爾看見了坐在椅子里的羅絲的模糊身影。

She waited, standing on the bridge, until his figure vanished against the grey backdrop of the Palace.

她站在橋上，一直等到他的身影消失在宮殿灰色的陰影中。