fix
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they fix | |
| he / she / it fixes | |
| past simple fixed | |
| past participle fixed | |
| -ing form fixing |
- fix something
to repair or correct something 修理；校准；校正 The car won't start—can you fix it? 这辆车发动不起来了，你能修理一下吗？ I've fixed the problem. 我已解决了这个问题。 Businesses and government have spent billions of dollars to find and fix the bug. 企业和政府已经花费了数十亿美元来寻找和修复这个漏洞。 We need to get the TV fixed. 我们需要找人把电视修理一下。 If you suspect that you have a fuel leak have it fixed as soon as possible. 如果您怀疑燃油泄漏，请尽快修理。
Extra ExamplesWe're not moving in until the heating's fixed. 暖气修好后我们才搬进去。 Mommy, can you fix my toy? 妈妈，你能修好我的玩具吗？ Don't imagine that the law can fix everything. 别以为法律可以解决一切问题。 She tried to fix things between them, but nothing worked. 她试图解决他们之间的问题，但没有成功。 The company had a bad image that needed fixing. 那家公司形象不佳，需要改善。 We're trying to fix the cash flow problem by reducing costs. 我们正试图通过降低成本来解决现金流问题。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- quickly
- get something fixed
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to decide on a date, a time, an amount, etc. for something 决定，确定（日期、时间、数量等） - fix something
Has the date of the next meeting been fixed? 下次会议的日期确定了没有？ Their prices are fixed until the end of the year (= will not change before then). 他们的价格一直到年底固定不变。 - fix something for something
A second trial date was fixed for 7th December. 第二次审判日期定在12月7日。 - fix something at something
They fixed the rent at £200 a week. 他们把租金定为每周 100 英镑。 Crop prices were fixed at $ 1.98 per bushel for corn. 谷物价格固定在每蒲式耳1.98美元。
Extra ExamplesThe dates have to be fixed well in advance. 日期必须及早确定。 Their departure was fixed for 14 August. 他们定于8月14日起程。
- fix something
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to arrange or organize something 安排；组织 - fix something
I'll fix a meeting. 我要安排一次会议。 - fix something up
You have to fix visits up in advance with the museum. 你得预先和博物馆联系安排好参观事宜。 - fix something up for somebody
Just give me a list of your friends, and I'll fix things up for them. 给我一份你朋友的名单，我会为他们安排的。 - fix something with somebody (informal)
Don't worry, I'll fix it with Sarah. 别着急，我会和萨拉商量安排好的。 - fix up (for somebody) to do something
I’ve fixed up (for us) to go to the theatre next week. 我已安排好（我们）下星期去看戏。
Extra ExamplesWe'll go tomorrow then. Will you fix it with the others? 那我们明天去。你会和其他人一起修理它吗？ I've fixed up for you to see the doctor tomorrow. 我已安排好你明天去看医生。
- fix something
- fix something + adv./prep. (especially British English)
to put something in a place so that it will not move 使固定；安装 to fix a shelf to the wall 把搁架固定在墙上。 to fix a post in the ground 把柱子固定在地上 Play equipment such as swings and climbing frames should be securely fixed and well maintained. 秋千、爬架等游乐设备应固定牢固，维护良好。 - (figurative)
He noted every detail so as to fix the scene in his mind. 他留意着每一个细节以便牢记这一幕。
Extra ExamplesFix the bars in position with the screws provided. 用所提供的螺丝钉把横木固定好。 The handrail can be fixed directly to the wall. 扶手可以直接固定在墙上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- firmly
- securely
- directly
- …
- onto
- to
- fix something in place
- fix something in position
- fix something
to discover or say the exact position, time, etc. of something 找到，确定，说出（确切位置、时间等） - (especially North American English)
to provide or prepare something, especially food 提供，准备（尤指食物） - fix something (especially North American English)
to make something such as your hair or face neat and attractive 梳洗；整理；收拾 - [often passive] fix something (informal)
to arrange the result of something in a way that is not honest or fair 操纵；作弊 - fix somebody (informal)
to punish somebody who has harmed you and stop them doing you any more harm 惩罚；收拾 - fix something (specialist)
to treat film for cameras, etc. with a chemical so that the colours do not change or become less bright 定（影）；定（色） - fix something (North American English, informal)
to make an animal unable to have young by means of an operation 阉割（家畜）
repair修理
arrange安排
attach附；系
position/time位置；时间
food/drink食物；饮料
hair/face头发；面孔
result结果
punish惩罚
in photography摄影
animal动物
Word Originlate Middle English: partly from Old French fix ‘fixed’, partly from medieval Latin fixare ‘to fix’, both from Latin fixus, past participle of figere ‘fix, fasten’. The noun dates from the early 19th cent.
Idioms
be fixing to do something
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to intend to do something 安排；组织 We're not fixing to go there anytime soon. 我们暂时不打算去那里。
fix somebody with a look, stare, gaze, etc.
if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
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used to say that if something works well enough, it should not be changed 未损勿修；能用莫换