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Fix   [V Sth Ed N Fixed Verb 动词

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[VERB 动词]固定;安装 If something is fixed somewhere, it is attached there firmly or securely.
  [be V-ed prep/adv]
  [V n prep/adv]
  • It is fixed on the wall...

    它固定在墙上。

  • Most blinds can be fixed directly to the top of the window-frame...

    大多数窗帘都可直接安装在窗框上边。

  • He fixed a bayonet to the end of his rifle.

    他在步枪口上安好了刺刀。

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    [VERB 动词]确定,决定,选定(日期、价格、政策等) If you fix something, for example a date, price, or policy, you decide and say exactly what it will be.
      [V n]
  • He's going to fix a time when I can see him...

    他会确定一个我和他会面的时间。

  • The date of the election was fixed...

    选举日期定下来了。

  • The prices of milk and cereals are fixed annually.

    牛奶和谷类食物的价格每年确定一次。

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    [VERB 动词]安排;弄妥 If you fix something for someone, you arrange for it to happen or you organize it for them.
      [V it for n to-inf]
      [be V-ed]
      [V n]
      [V n with n]
      [V for n to-inf]
      [V that]
  • I've fixed it for you to see Bonnie Lachlan...

    你去见邦尼·拉克伦的事我已经安排好了。

  • It's fixed. He's going to meet us at the airport...

    已经安排好了,他会在机场接我们。

  • They thought that their relatives would be able to fix the visas...

    他们以为他们的亲戚们会把签证办好。

  • He vanished after you fixed him with a job...

    你给他安排好工作后他就突然不见了。

  • We fixed for the team to visit our headquarters...

    我们安排了该工作组参观我们的总部。

  • They'd fixed yesterday that Mike'd be in late today.

    他们昨天已经确定迈克今天会来晚一些。

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    [VERB 动词]修理;维修 If you fix something which is damaged or which does not work properly, you repair it.
      [V n]
      [get/have n V-ed]
  • He cannot fix the electricity...

    他不会修电路。

  • If something is broken, we get it fixed.

    如果什么东西坏了,我们就找人来修理。

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    [VERB 动词]处理,解决(问题等) If you fix a problem or a bad situation, you deal with it and make it satisfactory.
      [V n]
      [V-ing]
  • It's not too late to fix the problem, although time is clearly getting short...

    虽然时间越来越紧迫,但现在处理这个问题还为时未晚。

  • Fixing a 40-year-old wrong does not mean, however, that history can be undone.

    但是,平反一件40年的冤案并不意味着历史可以重写。

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    [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
    quick fix
    解决方案(或措施) You can refer to a solution to a problem as a fix .
      [usu adj N]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • Many of those changes could just be a temporary fix.

    那些变革中可能有很多只是权宜之计。

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    [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](目光)专注于,凝视;目不转睛地看 If you fix your eyes on someone or something or if your eyes fix on them, you look at them with complete attention.
      [V n on n]
      [V on n]
      [V-ed]
  • She fixes her steel-blue eyes on an unsuspecting local official...

    她那灰蓝色的眼睛紧盯着一个毫无戒心的地方官员。

  • Her soft brown eyes fixed on Kelly...

    她那双温柔的棕色眼睛紧盯着凯利。

  • The child kept her eyes fixed on the wall behind him.

    这个小女孩眼睛一直紧盯着他身后的那堵墙。

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    [VERB 动词](用某种表情)看着,望着 If you fix someone with a particular kind of expression, you look at them in that way.
      [V n with n]
      [no passive]
      [LITERARY 文]
  • He took her hand and fixed her with a look of deep concern...

    他抓住她的手,表情极其关切地看着她。

  • He fixed me with a lopsided grin.

    他冲我歪嘴笑了笑。

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    [VERB 动词]将(注意力)集中在;专心考虑 If you fix your attention on someone or something, you think about them with complete attention.
      [V n on n]
      [V-ed]
  • Fix your attention on the practicalities of financing your schemes...

    重点考虑为你的计划融资是否可行。

  • Attention is fixed on the stock market...

    重点关注的是证券市场。

  • She kept her mind fixed on the practical problems which faced her.

    她专心思考面临的一些实际问题。

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    [VERB 动词]牢记,铭记,镌刻(在头脑中) If someone or something is fixed in your mind, you remember them well, for example because they are very important, interesting, or unusual.
      [be V-ed in n]
      [V n in n]
  • Leonard was now fixed in his mind...

    伦纳德现在已经令他无法忘怀。

  • Amy watched the child's intent face eagerly, trying to fix it in her mind.

    埃米急切地看着孩子那张神情专注的脸,想把它记在脑海里。

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    [VERB 动词]把(枪、相机、雷达)对准(或瞄准、指向) If someone fixes a gun, camera, or radar on something, they point it at that thing.
      [V n on n]
  • The US crew fixed its radar on the Turkish ship...

    美国船员将雷达对准那艘土耳其船。

  • The bore of the gun remained fixed on me.

    枪口依然指着我。

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    [VERB 动词](通常用雷达或电子设备)找到,弄清,确定(确切位置) If you fix the position of something, you find out exactly where it is, usually by using radar or electronic equipment.
      [V n]
      [V-ing]
  • He had not been able to fix his position...

    他一直未能确定他所在的位置。

  • The satellite fixes positions by making repeated observations of each star.

    卫星通过对每颗恒星反复观察进行定位。

  • ...accurate position fixing.

    准确定位

  • Fix is also a noun.
    • The army hasn't been able to get a fix on the transmitter.

      军方一直未能确定发射台的准确位置。

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    [N-SING 单数名词]了解;理解;认识 If you get a fix on someone or something, you have a clear idea or understanding of them.
      [a N on n]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • It's been hard to get a steady fix on what's going on.

    要对正在发生的事情保持持续的关注和了解并不容易。

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    [VERB 动词]做,准备(食物或饮料) If you fix some food or a drink for someone, you make it or prepare it for them.
      [V n for n]
      [V n n]
      [V n]
  • Sarah fixed some food for us...

    萨拉为我们准备了一些吃的。

  • Let me fix you a drink...

    我给你弄杯饮料吧。

  • Scotty stayed behind to fix lunch.

    斯科蒂留下来做午饭。

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    [VERB 动词]整理,收拾(头发、衣服或妆容) If you fix your hair, clothes, or make-up, you arrange or adjust them so you look neat and tidy, showing you have taken care with your appearance.
      [V n]
      [no passive]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • 'I've got to fix my hair,' I said and retreated to my bedroom...

    “我得把头发梳理一下,”我说罢回到了卧室。

  • She called a cab, fixed her face, and scrawled a hasty note to Brian.

    她叫了辆出租车,补了一下妆,匆匆地给布莱恩写了张便条。

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    [VERB 动词]矫正(牙齿);整形 If you have your teeth fixed, you have treatment from a dentist to make your teeth even, straight, and white.
      [V-ed]
      [usu passive]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • The PR man suggested that I might benefit from getting my teeth fixed...

    公关顾问建议说,整牙也许对我有好处。

  • I wonder if Tom ever had his teeth fixed anywhere else.

    我在想汤姆是不是在别的地方整过牙。

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    [VERB 动词]在(比赛、竞选等活动中)作弊,做手脚,操纵 If someone fixes a race, election, contest, or other event, they make unfair or illegal arrangements or use deception to affect the result.
      [V n]
      [V-ing]
      [disapproval]
  • They offered opposing players bribes to fix a decisive league match against Valenciennes...

    他们贿赂对方队员,在联赛对阵瓦朗谢讷队的一场决定性比赛中作弊。

  • We didn't 'fix' anything. It'll be seen as it happens...

    我们没做任何手脚,该什么样就会什么样。

  • The debate seems, in retrospect, to have been fixed from the beginning.

    回想起来,这场辩论好像从一开始就被人操纵了。

  • ...this week's report of match-fixing.

    本周有关比赛作弊的报道

  • Fix is also a noun.
    • It's all a fix, a deal they've made.

      这完全是一场骗局,是他们之间的交易。

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    [VERB 动词]操纵,操控(价格) 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.
      [V n]
      [V-ing]
      [disapproval]
      [BUSINESS 商]
  • ...a suspected cartel that had fixed the price of steel for the construction market...

    涉嫌操控建筑市场钢材价格的卡特尔

  • The company is currently in dispute with the government over price fixing.

    该公司目前与政府在是否存在价格操控问题上存在分歧。

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    [N-COUNT 可数名词](毒品)一剂,一次用量 An injection of an addictive drug such as heroin can be referred to as a fix .
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
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    [N-COUNT 可数名词](维持身体或心理需要所需的)一个剂量,一定数量 You can use fix to refer to an amount of something which a person gets or wants and which helps them physically or psychologically to survive.
      [with supp]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • It turned the country into an 'aid junkie', heavily dependent on its annual fix of dollars...

    这使得该国严重依赖每年救济的那点美元,成了“嗜援成瘾”的国家。

  • I need my fix of sugar, sweets, and chocolate...

    我离不开糖、甜品和巧克力。

  • The trouble with her is she needs her daily fix of publicity.

    她的问题在于她每天都想要在媒体上曝一曝光。

  • ...a quick energy fix.

    快速能量增补剂

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    [N-SING 单数名词](尤指由自己引起的)困境,窘境 If you are in a fix, you are in a difficult situation, especially one that you have caused for yourself.
      [a N]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • He was in a fix...

    他陷入了困境。

  • The government has really got itself into a fix...

    政府真的让自己陷入了困境。

  • This will put us in a very difficult economic fix.

    这将让我们陷入非常困难的经济窘境。

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    [VERB 动词]定(影);定(色) To fix something such as a dye or photographic image means to treat it with chemicals so that it does not lose its colour or disappear.
      [V n]
  • Certain pigment colours were painted on to dry plaster using tempera (where egg yolk is used to fix the pigment)...

    使用蛋彩画颜料(内含可以定色的蛋黄)在干石膏上绘出了特定颜色。

  • The main aim of inbreeding is to standardise, to fix desirable inherited characteristics and to dispel undesirable ones.

    同系交配的主要目的就是实现标准化,保持理想的遗传特性,并消除不良的特性。

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    [VERB 动词]使永远停止;制止;收拾 If you say that you will fix someone, you mean that you will stop their activities permanently.
      [V n]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • That'll fix him.

    那样他就不会再干了。

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    [VERB 动词]See also:
    fixed
    fixings
    打算;想要;计划 If you say that you are fixing to do something, you mean that you are planning or intending to do it.
      [V to-inf]
      [only cont]
      [AM 美]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • I'm fixing to go to graduate school...

    我打算去读研究生。

  • He would know when I was fixing to leave. He'd wait by the front door.

    他会知道我打算什么时候走,他还会在前门等着。

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    [PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]决定;确定;选定 If you fix on a particular thing, you decide that it is the one you want and will have.
      [V P n]
  • The Vietnamese government has fixed on May 19th to celebrate his anniversary.

    越南政府已经决定于5月19日庆祝他的诞辰。

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    [PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]安排;确定 If you fix something up, you arrange it.
      [V P n (not pron)]
      [Also V n P]
  • I fixed up an appointment to see her...

    我安排了与她见面。

  • Accommodation is never fixed up in advance.

    住宿从未提前安排好。

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    [PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]装饰;修饰;整理 If you fix something up, you do work that is necessary in order to make it more suitable or attractive.
      [V P n (not pron)]
      [Also V n P]
  • I've fixed up Matthew's old room...

    我已经把马修原来住的房间装饰了一番。

  • The whole block is being fixed up.

    整个街区都在进行装修。

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    [PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]向…提供;为…准备 If you fix someone up with something they need, you provide it for them.
      [V n P with n]
      [Also V n P]
  • We'll fix him up with a tie...

    我们将给他准备一条领带。

  • He was fixed up with a job.

    别人给他找了一份工作。

  • 相关词组:
    fix on
    fix up

    Oxford
    fix / fɪks ; NAmE fɪks /
    verb
    ,
    noun
    fix fixes fixed fixing
    verb attach 附;系 1 fixsth (+ adv./prep.) ( especially BrE) to put sth firmly 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 ( 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。 arrange 安排 2 fixsth to decide on a date, a time, an amount, etc. for sth 决定,确定(日期、时间、数量等) SYN
    set
    Has the date of the next meeting been fixed? 下次会议的日期确定了没有? They fixed the rent at £100 a week. 他们把租金定为每周 100 英镑。 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。
    3 to arrange or organize sth 安排;组织 fixsth (for sb) I'll fix a meeting. 我要安排一次会议。 fixsth up (for sb) 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。 fixsth with sth ( informal) Don't worry, I'll fix it withSarah. 别着急,我会和萨拉商量安排好的。 fix(up) (for sb) to do sth 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。
    position/time 位置;时间 4 fixsth to discover or say the exact position, time, etc. of sth 找到,确定,说出(确切位置、时间等) We can fix the ship's exact position at the time the fire broke out. 我们可以确定发生火灾时那艘船的确切位置。 repair 修理 5 fixsth to repair or correct sth 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。 food/drink 食物;饮料 6 ( especially NAmE) to provide or prepare sth, especially food 提供,准备(尤指食物) fixsb sth Can I fix you a drink? 我给你弄杯饮料好吗? fixsth for sb Can I fix a drink for you? 我给你弄杯饮料好吗? fixsth I'll fix supper. 我来准备晚餐。 hair/face 头发;面孔 7 fixsth ( especially NAmE) to make sth such as your hair or face neat and attractive 梳洗;整理;收拾 I'll fix my hair and then I'll be ready. 我梳梳头就准备好了。 result 结果 8 [often passive ] fixsth ( informal) to arrange the result of sth in a way that is not honest or fair 操纵;作弊 I'm sure the race was fixed. 我肯定这场比赛有人操纵。 punish 惩罚 9 fixsb ( informal) to punish sb who has harmed you and stop them doing you any more harm 惩罚;收拾 Don't worry—I'll fix him. 别担忧,我会收拾他的。 in photography 摄影 10 fixsth ( technical 术语 ) to treat film for cameras, etc. with a chemical so that the colours do not change or become less bright 定(影);定(色) animal 动物 11 fixsth ( NAmE) ( informal) to make an animal unable to have young by means of an operation 阉割(家畜) see also
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    IDIOM fix sb with a ˈlook, ˈstare, ˈgaze, etc. to look directly at sb for a long time 定睛凝视(某人) He fixed her with an angry stare. 他生气地盯着她。 more at
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    PHRASAL VERBS ˈfix on sb/sth to choose sb/sth 选定;决定 They've fixed on Paris for their honeymoon. 他们已选定在巴黎度蜜月。 ˈfix sth on sb/sth [often passive ] if your eyes or your mind are fixed onsth, you are looking at or thinking about sth with great attention 集中(目光、注意力、思想等)于 ˌfix sth↔ˈup to repair, decorate or make sth ready 修理;装饰;准备好 They fixed up the house before they moved in. 他们把房子装修了以后才迁入。 ˌfix sb ˈup (with sb) ( informal) to arrange for sb to have a meeting with sb who might become a boyfriend or girlfriend 给…介绍(男友、女友) ˌfix sb ˈup (with sth) ( informal) to arrange for sb to have sth; to provide sb with sth 向某人提供;给某人准备;安顿 I'll fix you up with a place to stay. 我会给你安排住处的。
    noun solution 解决 1 [countable ] ( informal) a solution to a problem, especially an easy or temporary one (尤指简单、暂时的)解决方法 There is no quick fixfor the steel industry. 钢铁工业的问题没有即时解决的办法。 drug 毒品 2 [singular ] ( informal) an amount of sth that you need and want frequently, especially an illegal drug such as heroin (致瘾的东西,尤指毒品的)一次用量 to get yourself a fix 给自己注射一剂毒品 I need a fix of coffee before I can face the day. 我总需要喝足咖啡才有精神应付一天的工作。 difficult situation 困境;窘境 3 [singular ] a difficult situation 困境;窘境 SYN
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    We've got ourselves in a fixabout this. 在这个问题上我们已陷入了困境。
    on position 位置 4 [singular ] the act of finding the position of a ship or an aircraft (船或飞机的)方位确定,定位 They managed to get a fixon the yacht's position. 他们设法确定了快艇的方位。 understanding 理解 5 [singular ] ( informal) an act of understanding sth 理解;了解 He tried to get a fixon the young man's motives, but he just couldn't understand him. 他努力了解这个年轻人的动机,但就是弄不清楚。 dishonest result 不正当结果 6 [singular ] ( informal) a thing that is dishonestly arranged; a trick 受操纵的事;勾当;搞鬼 Her promotion was a fix, I'm sure! 我肯定她的提升有内幕!
    fix / fɪks ; NAmE fɪks /
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    fixfix1 /fɪks/ ●●● S2 W2 verb
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    1fix (1)repair [transitive] to repair something that is broken or not working properly:  He’s outside fixing the brakes on the car. Ellis was able to quickly find and fix the problem. see thesaurus at
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    2limit [transitive] a)to decide on a limit for something, especially prices, costs etc, so that they do not change SYN  setfix something at something The interest rate has been fixed at 6.5%. Rent was fixed at $1,750 per month. b)if two or more companies fix the price for a particular product or service, they secretly agree on the price they will charge for it, in order to keep the price high and make more profit. This practice is illegal:  The government accused the two companies of fixing petrol prices.3fix a time/date/place etc to decide on a particular time etc when something will happen:  Have you fixed a date for the wedding yet?4arrange (also fix up) [intransitive, transitive] spoken to make arrangements for something:  ‘So when do I get to meet them?’ ‘Tomorrow, if I can fix it.’fix (it) for somebody to do something I’ve fixed for you to see him this afternoon at four.5attach [transitive] to attach something firmly to something else, so that it stays there permanentlyfix something to/on something The shelves should be fixed to the wall with screws.6prepare food [transitive] informal especially American English to prepare a meal or drinks SYN  get:  I’ll watch the kids and you fix dinner.fix somebody something Can I fix you a snack? Terry fixed herself a cold drink and sat out on the balcony. see thesaurus at
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    7solve [transitive] to find a solution to a problem or bad situation:  The government seems confident that environmental problems can be fixed.8fix your attention/eyes/mind etc on somebody/something to think about or look at someone or something carefully:  Aziz tried to fix his mind on the job at hand. Every eye was fixed on the new girl.9fix somebody with a stare/glare/look etc literary to look directly at someone for a long time:  Rachel fixed him with an icy stare.10hair/face [transitive] especially American English to make your hair or make-up look neat and attractive:  Who fixed your hair for the wedding? Hold on. Let me just fix my face (=put on make-up) before we go out.11cat/dog [transitive] American English informal to do a medical operation on a cat or dog so that it cannot have babies SYN  neuter12result [transitive] to arrange an election, game etc dishonestly, so that you get the result you want:  Many suspected that the deal had been fixed in advance.13paintings/photographs [transitive] technical to use a chemical process on paintings, photographs etc that makes the colours or images permanent14punish [transitive] informal used to say that you will punish someone you are angry with:  If anybody did that to me, I’d fix him good.15be fixing to do something American English spoken to be preparing to do something – used in some parts of the US:  I’m fixing to go to the store. Do you need anything?fix on somebody/something phrasal verb to choose a suitable thing or person, especially after thinking about it carefully:  We’ve finally fixed on a place to have the concert.fix somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb1to arrange a meeting, event etc:  I fixed up an interview with him. We’ll have to fix up a time to meet.2to decorate or repair a room or building SYN  do up:  We fixed up the guest bedroom before he came to stay.3to provide someone with something they wantfix up with Can you fix me up with a bed for the night?4to find a suitable romantic partner for someonefix up with I asked my best friend to fix me up with someone.
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    1[countable] something that solves a problem:  Robinson called the proposal a quick fix (=a temporary or easy solution) of limited value.2 (be) in a fix to have a problem that is difficult to solve SYN  (be) in a mess:  We’re going to be in a real fix if we miss that bus. That’s put us in a fix.3[singular] an amount of something, especially an illegal drug such as heroin, that you often use and badly want:  addicts looking for a fix I need my fix of caffeine in the morning or I can’t think.4get a fix on somebody/something a)to find out exactly where someone or something is:  He peered out, trying to get a fix on the enemy’s position. b)to understand what someone or something is really like:  I couldn’t seem to get a fix on the situation.5[singular] something that has been dishonestly arranged:  People think the election was a fix.
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