Fix

(noun.) an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; 'collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers'.

(noun.) something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; 'she needed a fix of chocolate'.

(noun.) informal terms for a difficult situation; 'he got into a terrible fix'; 'he made a muddle of his marriage'.

(verb.) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; 'Get the children ready for school!'; 'prepare for war'; 'I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill'.

(verb.) kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study.

(verb.) set or place definitely; 'Let's fix the date for the party!'.

(verb.) influence an event or its outcome by illegal means; 'fix a race'.

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• I hadn't any particular work to give him, but I had a number of small induction coils, and to give him something to do I told him to fix them up and sell them among his sailor friends. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Many were convinced that the end of the world was at hand, and strove to fix their thoughts solely on the world to come. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The others all got down to fix their saddles, too. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• It is usual to fix the opaque shade, which alternately covers and exposes the two magic lanterns, on to a central pin, so that it may be moved vertically up or down. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• She would not fix any definite time--she still wavered. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I ventured to say that I knew what the trouble was, and he said, 'Fix it! 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He fixed his vivid eyes on Archer as he lit another cigarette. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• We treat it simply as a privation because we are measuring it by adulthood as a fixed standard. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The marriage is fixed for the twenty-second of December. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The cuttle-fish had a face that stared straight from the heart of the light, very fixed and coldly intent. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She fixed him with her eye. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• In less than an hour poor Fanny opened her eyes and fixed them on me with a bright smile, expressive of the purest happiness. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• At the bottom of the penstock is placed a turbine wheel fixed on a shaft, and to which shaft is connected an electric generator or other power machine. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• You have a dancing face, Brummell quietly observed, fixing his eyes steadily on her countenance for a second or two, and then passing on. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• He said he had entreated her to favour him by maintaining her privilege of fixing the time for the marriage at her own will and pleasure. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The Aztecs of Mexico and the Incas of Peru used the process of fixing two metals together by the action of heat, before making up. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Here we made laws for ourselves, dividing our day, and fixing distinct occupations for each hour. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• They were in the ballroom, the violins were playing, and her mind was in a flutter that forbade its fixing on anything serious. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• He paused, flushed by his diatribe, and fixing on her a look in which resentment was the ingredient she least disliked. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Let me see, said the Prince, who dare stop him, fixing his eye on Cedric, whose attitude intimated his intention to hurl the Jew down headlong. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Above all, the intellectual element in a habit fixes the relation of the habit to varied and elastic use, and hence to continued growth. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Here the view always fixes when we are actuated by either of these passions. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• This heating or vulcanizing process fixes the elasticity of the rubber, increases its strength enormously and unites the parts in such a way as to make the shoe practically one piece. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• This fixes attention upon what the child has not, and will not have till he becomes a man. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It acquiesces in them; and, in a manner, fixes and reposes itself on them. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• It records and fixes and enables thought to get on to more and more complex ideas. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Whatever is important engages our attention, fixes our thought, and is contemplated with satisfaction. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.

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