vt.

1. 使固定；縛緊，釘牢；牢記
   Her image was fixed in his mind.

   她的形象深深印在他的腦海裡。

2. 確定；決定[（+up）][+wh-][+to-v]
   Shall we fix a date for the picnic?

   我們定一下野餐的時間好嗎？

3. 修理；校準；整理；收拾
   We are going to have the TV fixed.

   我們要請人把電視修好。

4. 準備（飯菜）；安排；供給[O1]
   If you want to interview the Mayor, I can fix it.

   如果你要採訪市長，我可以安排。

   Let me fix you a drink.

   讓我給你弄杯飲料。

5. 操縱（選舉，賽馬等）；用賄賂取得……的支持
   Can they fix the election?

   他們能操縱選舉嗎？

6. 【口】向……報仇；懲罰
   Tell him to behave, or I'll fix him.

   告訴他規矩點，否則我要收拾他。

vi.

1. 固定；變得穩定；（目光等）注視
   Her eyes fixed for a few minutes.

   好幾分鐘她的眼睛一動也不動。

2. 【化】凝固

n.

1. 【口】困境；窘境[C]
   Give him a hand; he is in a bad fix.

   拉他一把吧，他已陷入了困境。

2. 【口】賄賂；受操縱的事[S]
   The horse race was a fix.

   這場賽馬有人操縱。

3. 【俚】毒品注射[C][（+of）]
4. （船隻等的）方位；定位[C][（+on）]
   Can you get a fix on the submarine?

   你能給潛水艇定位嗎？

v.

1. attach or position securely.
   ▸ (fix on) direct or be directed unwaveringly toward:

   her gaze fixed on Jess.
2. decide or settle on.
   ▸establish the exact location of (something) by using radar, visual bearings, or astronomical observation.
   ▸assign or determine (a person's liability or responsibility) for legal purposes.
3. repair or restore.
4. make arrangements for.
   ▸ (fix someone up) informal provide someone with something.
   ▸informal, chiefly N. Amer. provide with food or drink.
   ▸ (be fixing to do something) N. Amer. informal be intending to do something.
5. make unchanging or constant.
   ▸make (a dye, photographic image, or drawing) permanent.
   ▸Biology  preserve or stabilize (a specimen) with a chemical substance.
   ▸(of a plant or microorganism) assimilate (nitrogen or carbon dioxide) by forming a non-gaseous compound.
6. informal deviously influence the outcome of.
7. informal take an injection of a narcotic drug.
8. N. Amer. castrate or spay (an animal).

n.

1. an act of fixing.
2. informal a difficult or awkward situation.
3. informal a solution to a problem, especially one that is hastily devised:
   there's no quick fix to the recession.
4. informal a dose of a narcotic drug to which one is addicted.
5. a position determined by visual or radio bearings or astronomical observations.