About how many? About how much?
Approximately how many?
Roughly speaking, how many?
Give me a rough/round figure.
Give me a rough estimate.
想知道對方大概的想法,該怎么說?
Give me a rough idea.
Give me a brief outline.
Figure out vs. Find out
Figure out 和 find out 很容易被混淆。 Find out 是把已經(jīng)存在的事實找出,查明; figure out
是在腦中盤算,相處結(jié)論。
I found out her cell phone number.我打聽到了她的電話號碼。
We need to figure out how to make it work.我們得想辦法解決這個問題。
【小編筆記】
Ball park 棒球場,當(dāng)問到棒球場的觀眾數(shù)時,多為概數(shù),所以 ball park figure就是大概的數(shù)值!
Figure 來源于 拉丁語 figura 表示 shape, form, number
作為動詞,就是 計算,演算的意思
Figure out 有算出、想出、解決的意思