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单词 fix
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fixverb

uk/fɪks/us/fɪks/

fix verb (REPAIR)

B1 [ T ] to repair something:

They couldn't fix my old computer, so I bought a new one.

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  • We must get someone to fix that wheel.
  • He fixes washing machines.
  • They fixed my watch free of charge.
  • The car's still at the garage getting fixed.
  • I still haven't got round to fixing that tap.

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Correcting and mending

  • clean (sth) up
  • correction
  • fiddle (around) with sth
  • fine-tune
  • fix sth up
  • lie
  • mess
  • patch
  • put/set sb right idiom
  • reconstruction
  • refine
  • refinement
  • refit
  • remediate
  • revised
  • smooth
  • sort sth/sb out
  • troubleshooting
  • under repair idiom
  • work on sth

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fix verb (ARRANGE)

B2 [ I or T ] mainly UK to arrange or agree a time, place, price, etc.:

Shall we fix a time for our next meeting?
I understand the rent is fixed at £750 a month.

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  • Let's meet for lunch if we can fix a day to suit us both.
  • The directors had some difficulty in fixing a date for the meeting.
  • Our next rehearsal has been fixed for Tuesday 22nd.
  • Can you fix it for me to see a West-End show while I'm in London?
  • They finally fixed the price at £125 000, less than their original asking price.

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Decisions and deciding

  • be make or break for sb/sth idiom
  • be on the horns of a dilemma idiom
  • clinch
  • clincher
  • come down on one side of the fence or the other idiom
  • come to sth
  • decider
  • fight
  • hammer sth out
  • head
  • it's a date idiom
  • judgment call
  • lot
  • make or break sth idiom
  • make up your mind idiom
  • mind
  • nail sth down
  • name
  • name the day idiom
  • spin a coin idiom

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fix verb (FASTEN)

B2 [ T + adv/prep ] to fasten something in position so that it cannot move:

We fixed the bookcase to the wall.

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  • Many shops have video cameras fixed to their walls or ceilings for security reasons.
  • For now I've fixed a shower attachment to the bath taps, but one day I'll get an electric shower fitted.
  • They fixed a plastic sheet over the broken window.
  • The judge was trying to fix the rosette to the bridle of the winning horse.
  • I'm afraid we're having difficulty fixing this curtain rail in place.

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Fastening and tying

  • anchor
  • attach
  • be locked together idiom
  • board sth up
  • bolt
  • bound
  • bow 1
  • buckle
  • buckle up
  • hobble
  • ligature
  • mount
  • nail
  • put sth up
  • reef knot
  • rivet
  • rope
  • twist tie
  • tying
  • yoke

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fix verb (SIGHT)

C2 [ T ] to keep something or someone in sight:

His eyes were fixed on the distant yacht.
She fixed the child with a stare of such disapproval he did not dare move.

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Using the eyes

  • before your very eyes idiom
  • beheld
  • bore
  • breathe
  • come to sb's attention/notice idiom
  • dart
  • eye
  • feast
  • gawk
  • get a load of that! idiom
  • get him, her, you, etc.! idiom
  • keep tabs on sth/sb idiom
  • look-see
  • observational
  • out of/from the corner of your eye idiom
  • passer-by
  • rest
  • sneak
  • squint
  • visual

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fix verb (KEEP)

[ T usually + adv/prep ] to continue to think about or remember something:

It is somehow fixed in my mind that my fate and that woman's are intertwined.
She was so frightened that she could not fix her thoughts on anything.

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Continually thinking about

  • absorb
  • absorbed
  • axe
  • be devoured by sth idiom
  • be hung up on sth idiom
  • be wrapped up in sth/sb idiom
  • devour
  • fixated
  • fixation
  • get into sb
  • have an axe to grind idiom
  • have sth on the brain idiom
  • nag
  • obsession
  • obsessive
  • one-track mind
  • preoccupation
  • preoccupied
  • preoccupy
  • prey on sth

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fix verb (CHEAT)

[ T often passive ] to do something dishonest to make certain that a competition, race, or election is won by a particular person:

Several jockeys were arrested on suspicion of fixing the race.
It sounds like the election was fixed.

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Fraud & corruption

  • baksheesh
  • blackmail
  • buy sb off
  • cook
  • cook the books idiom
  • corrupt
  • corruption
  • fraudulent accounting
  • front for sth
  • game-fixing
  • graft
  • impersonate
  • imposture
  • perjury
  • phishing
  • Ponzi scheme
  • rort
  • shell
  • siphon sth off
  • suborn

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Cheating & tricking

fix verb (HAIR/MAKE-UP/CLOTHES)

B1 [ T ] to make your hair, make-up, clothes, etc. look tidy:

Give me a couple of minutes while I fix my hair.

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Cleaning & tidying places & things

  • a lick and a promise idiom
  • adjust
  • airing
  • bed
  • char
  • clean (sb/sth) up
  • freshen (sb/sth) up
  • going-over
  • Hoover
  • housekeeping
  • housework
  • shampoo
  • spit
  • straighten
  • straighten sth out
  • straighten sth up
  • tidy
  • tidy sth away
  • vac
  • valet

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fix verb (PREPARE)

B2 mainly US informal [ T ] to cook or prepare food or drink:

Whose turn is it to fix dinner?
[ + two objects ] Can I fix you a drink?/Can I fix a drink for you?
be fixing to

US to be planning to do something:

I'm fixing to leave pretty soon.

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Preparing food

  • butter
  • can't boil an egg idiom
  • caramelize
  • carve
  • clarified
  • cube
  • fold
  • knead
  • leaven
  • liquidize
  • malt
  • marinade
  • prep
  • salt
  • slow food
  • spice
  • stuffed
  • sweeten
  • thicken
  • thin

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Drinking alcohol

fix verb (PUNISH)

[ T ] UK slang to punish especially someone who has been unfair:

I'm gonna fix her if she doesn't stop telling lies about me!

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Revenge and vengefulness

  • an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
  • avenge
  • bite
  • bite back (at sb/sth)
  • don't get mad, get even idiom
  • even
  • hit
  • mind
  • own
  • pay
  • pay sb back
  • reprisal
  • retaliate
  • retaliatory
  • revenge
  • tit for tat
  • two can play at that game idiom
  • vengeance
  • vengeful
  • vindictive

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Punishing & punishments

fix verb (PRESERVE COLOURS)

[ T ] specialized art to treat something, especially photographic material, with chemicals to prevent its colours becoming pale

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Photography

  • airbrush
  • aperture
  • camera
  • camera obscura
  • camera-shy
  • capture
  • exposure
  • high-resolution
  • hologram
  • holography
  • kinetoscope
  • lo-res
  • say cheese idiom
  • selfie
  • sharp
  • shoot
  • shutter
  • slide
  • SLR camera
  • snapshot

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fix verb (STOP REPRODUCTION)

[ T ] US informal to remove the reproductive organs of an animal so that it is unable to produce young animals

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Zoology: veterinary medicine

  • anthrax
  • castrate
  • cattery
  • collar
  • delouse
  • destroy
  • distemper
  • foam
  • foot-and-mouth
  • froth
  • geld
  • hoof-and-mouth
  • leptospirosis
  • myxomatosis
  • put sth down 1
  • quarantine
  • rabid
  • rabies
  • vet
  • veterinarian

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fix verb (DRUG)

[ I ] slang to inject (= put into the body through a needle) an illegal drug:

We saw kids as young as twelve fixing in doorways.

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Drugs - general words

  • chase
  • chems
  • crank
  • detox
  • dope
  • doped up
  • gear
  • jacked up
  • legal high
  • OD
  • overdose
  • peddler
  • pop
  • snort
  • soft
  • spliff
  • spliff up
  • stoned
  • trip
  • whacked

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Phrasal verb(s)

fix sth up
fix sb up

fixnoun

uk/fɪks/us/fɪks/

fix noun (CHEAT)

[ C usually singular ] a situation in which someone does something dishonest to make certain that a competition, race, or election is won by a particular person:

The result was a fix!

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Fraud & corruption

  • baksheesh
  • blackmail
  • buy sb off
  • cook
  • cook the books idiom
  • corrupt
  • corruption
  • fraudulent accounting
  • front for sth
  • game-fixing
  • graft
  • impersonate
  • imposture
  • perjury
  • phishing
  • Ponzi scheme
  • rort
  • shell
  • siphon sth off
  • suborn

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fix noun (AWKWARD SITUATION)

[ C usually singular ] informal an awkward or difficult situation:

I'm in a bit of a fix with the arrangements.

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Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences

  • a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
  • a cloud on the horizon idiom
  • a fate worse than death idiom
  • a hard/tough row to hoe idiom
  • a narrow squeak idiom
  • bind
  • crunch
  • curse
  • eventuality
  • fate
  • feeding frenzy
  • genie
  • going
  • have a bumpy ride idiom
  • rum
  • schtuck
  • shtook
  • stalemate
  • standoff
  • vortex

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fix noun (SOLUTION)

a solution to a problem:

She says the problem is not a new one, and the fix would be easy enough for a government to achieve, if it were willing.
There is no quick fix to the organization's problems.

fix noun (DRUG)

[ C ] slang an amount of an illegal drug, or of another substance that has an effect on someone:

He was shaking badly and needed a fix.
humorous Ginny needs her daily fix of chocolate.

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Drugs - general words

  • chase
  • chems
  • crank
  • detox
  • dope
  • doped up
  • gear
  • jacked up
  • legal high
  • OD
  • overdose
  • peddler
  • pop
  • snort
  • soft
  • spliff
  • spliff up
  • stoned
  • trip
  • whacked

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fix noun (POSITION)

[ C ] (the calculation of) the position of a vehicle, usually in relation to the earth:

Do we still have a fix on that jet?

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Calculations & calculating

  • aggregate
  • algorithm
  • amount
  • amount to sth
  • average
  • come to sth
  • commutative
  • computational
  • compute
  • equate
  • figure
  • get/have your sums right/wrong idiom
  • grand total
  • guesstimate
  • instantaneous velocity
  • miscalculate
  • projected
  • put
  • put sth at sth
  • result

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General location and orientation

fixverb [ T ]

uk/fɪks/us

to repair something or solve a problem:

They have fixed the bugs in the software.
A restaurant would have 48 hours to fix the problem or the place could be shut down.

mainly UK also fix up MEETINGS to arrange a time and place for an event such as a meeting:

You should fix an appointment with your bank manager.
I fixed up a meeting with this very powerful person at the BBC.
fix a day/time/place (for sth) The court will fix another day for the hearing.

to agree on a price, level, etc. for something and keep it at that price or level:

Customers can fix the amount they pay each month.
fix sth at sth They fixed the rate of tax at 30%.

ECONOMICS to agree with other companies that you will all charge the same price for your products and not compete with each other:

Steelmakers deny they fix prices.

fixnoun [ C ]

uk/fɪks/us

a way of solving a problem, especially an easy or quick one:

long-term/short-term fix We find short-term fixes, not long-term solutions.
a fix for sth More and more people were using loans as a fix for their financial problems.
There is no quick fix and it will take many months to re-establish profitable sales growth.

IT a small computer program that can repair a problem with software:

a fix for sth The software developer says it has developed a fix for the problem.

a situation that has been dishonestly arranged by someone in order to get an advantage for themselves:

When we won the contract, some people thought it was a fix.

ECONOMICS a price, for example, on gold or silver, that is set according to supply and demand:

The London morning gold fix was $1,154.00 versus the previous afternoon fix of $1,139.50.
get a fix on sth

to understand what a situation is like:

Market research helps to get a fix on what customers want.
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