Important figure
[法] 有地位的人, 要人
🧩 词语组成解析
figure
['fɪɡjɚ]
n. 数字;算术;人物;身材;
vi. 计算;出现;扮演角色;
vt. 计算在内;估计;推测;认为;
fig做，塑造，虚构+ure名词后缀，状态 →做出的状态→形象，人物
🗣️ 情景例句
What's wrong with wanting to be on the school board?
想进入联合校董会有什么错？
Mr. Jones spent his undergraduate days at Columbia.
琼斯先生在哥伦比亚大学渡过了他的大学时代。
I don't want to know what it's been; I want to know what it is now.
我不想知道它曾经是什么；我想知道它现在是什么。