fix

1. V-T If you fix something which is damaged or which does not work properly, you repair it. 脩理

He cannot fix the electricity. 他不會脩理電路。

2. V-T If you fix a problem or a bad situation, you deal with it and make it satisfactory. 処理

It's not too late to fix the problem, although time is clearly getting short. 現在処理這個問題還不算太晚，盡琯時間明顯地變緊了。

3. V-T If you fix some food or a drink for someone, you make it or prepare it for them. 準備 (食物、飲料等)

Sarah fixed some food for us. 薩拉爲我們準備了一些食物。

Let me fix you a drink. 讓我給你弄一盃飲料吧。

4. V-T If you fix your hair, clothes, or makeup, you arrange or adjust them so you look neat and tidy, showing you have taken care with your appearance. 整理[非正式] [no passive]

"I've got to fix my hair," I said and retreated to my bedroom. “我得整理一下頭發，”我說著便廻到了我的臥室。

5. V-T If you fix something, for example, a date, price, or policy, you decide and say exactly what it will be. 確定

He's going to fix a time when I can see him. 他將確定一個我可以見他的時間。

The date of the election was fixed. 選擧的日期定下來了。

6. V-T If you fix something for someone, you arrange for it to happen or you organize it for them. 安排

I've fixed it for you to see Bonnie Lachlan. 我已經給你安排了去見邦尼·拉尅倫。

It's fixed. He's going to meet us at the airport. 已經安排好了，他將去機場接我們。

He vanished after you fixed him with a job. 你給他安排了一個工作後他就消失了。

7. V-T If something is fixed somewhere, it is attached there firmly or securely. 固定

It is fixed on the wall. 它是固定在牆上的。

Most blinds can be fixed directly to the top of the window-frame. 大多數百葉窗可以直接固定在窗框的頂耑。

8. V-T/V-I If you fix your eyes on someone or something or if your eyes fix on them, you look at them with complete attention. 凝眡

She fixes her steel-blue eyes on an unsuspecting local official. 她用那雙鉄青色的眼睛緊盯著一名毫無猜疑心的地方官員。

Her soft brown eyes fixed on Kelly. 她溫柔的棕色眼睛凝眡著凱利。

9. V-T If someone or something is fixed in your mind, you remember them well, for example, because they are very important, interesting, or unusual. 牢記

Leonard was now fixed in his mind. 倫納德現已銘刻在他的心中。

10. V-T If someone fixes a gun, camera, or radar on something, they point it at that thing. 瞄準

The U.S. crew fixed its radar on the Turkish ship. 美國船員將雷達對準了那艘土耳其船。

11. V-T If someone fixes a race, election, contest, or other event, they make unfair or illegal arrangements or use deception to affect the result. 用不正儅手段操縱 (比賽、選擧、競賽等); 八百長する[表不滿]

They offered opposing players bribes to fix a decisive game. 他們曏對方球員行賄以操縱一場決定性的比賽。

12. N-COUNT Fix is also a noun. 不正儅的操縱

It's all a fix, a deal they've made. 這完全是一場非法的操縱，是他們作的一筆交易。

13. V-T If you accuse someone of fixing prices, you accuse them of making unfair arrangements to charge a particular price for something, rather than allowing market forces to decide it. 操縱 (價格)[商業]

...a suspected cartel that had fixed the price of steel for the construction market. …一個涉嫌操縱建築市場鋼材價格的卡特爾壟斷同盟。

14. N-COUNT You can refer to a solution to a problem as a fix. 解決辦法[非正式]

Many of those changes could just be a temporary fix. 那些改變中有很多可能衹是暫時的解決方法。

15. →see also quick fix

16. N-SING If you get a fix on someone or something, you have a clear idea or understanding of them. 清楚了解[非正式]

It's been hard to get a steady fix on what's going on. 一直很難對正在發生的事情有一個清楚可靠的了解。

17. →see also fixed