English English Dictionary

fix in English:

1. smooth things out

English word "fix"(smooth things out) occurs in sets:

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2. to repair something

English word "fix"(to repair something) occurs in sets:

2.1 MAKING A DIFFERENCE

3. repairing

I spent three hours repairing the car.

My hands are dirty. I have been repairing my bicycle.

He had been repairing the car and looked tired when I arrived home.

My father is repairing my broken bicycle.

I'm repairing the house.

The cost of repairing the roof shocked her.

My car needs repairing.

This tape recorder wants repairing.

My shoes want repairing.

Mr Johnson is self-employed and is in the business of repairing furniture.

Repairing a broken radio I realise over again that I don't have an understanding of the operating principles of circuitry.

The house is very old. It needs repairing before you sell it.

Ted is handy at repairing watches.

He does not go without repairing the clock.

This watch needs repairing. It gains 20 minutes a day.

4. solution to a problem

5. solve

Solve the problem.

This problem is hard to solve. So you had better begin with that one.

We use computers to solve problems and to put information in order.

This problem is an equality of k so we first solve the assigned equation for k.

One American scientist, William Keeton, used a very interesting experiment to solve this mystery.

If you have a positive attitude, you are looking for ways to solve the problems that you can solve, and you are letting go of the things over which you have no control.

Artificial neural networks can be used to understand biological neural networks, or to solve problems of artificial intelligence, without necessarily creating models of real biological systems.

There's no way to convince him. He absolutely insists that the only way to solve the problem is his way.

Solve the mystery lurking behind the murder!

If an oversight is the reason why you have not paid, please send us the amount due, and let us solve the problem immediately.

Visualization, a favorite tool of the psychologist, cannot solve all problems, but many so-called positive thinkers seem to think that it can.

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem.

Since it is you, I have confidence you can solve it.

There are problems that Japan might not be able to solve independently but which it might be able to solve in cooperation with Korea.

The Bible, as a revelation from God, was not designed to give us all the information we might desire, nor to solve all the questions about which the human soul is perplexed, but to impart enough to be a safe guide to the haven of eternal rest.

6. solution

There isn't any solution.

A fault common to scientists is mistakenly believing that every problem has a technical solution.

I found a solution, but I found it so fast that it can't be the right solution.

I was on the point of giving up when I suddenly hit upon the solution.

The iPad would be a perfect solution for me if it could properly display web pages with Flash content.

His explanation that a solution would take time didn't satisfy anyone.

You see, Kyohei, this question ... it's about saline solution but ...

That was a 'cutting the Gordian knot' type of solution.

Wilson's solution is similar to Hudson's in that they used the same constants.

The 5% topical solution was ineffective at reducing eczema outbreaks.

I don't mind your groping in the dark for a solution, but I wish you'd come to a decision.

I know that if we discuss it, we can find a solution that will satisfy both of us.

Thus, this is an ad hoc solution - good in practice but theoretically weak.

Have you considered the applicability of a software solution? Of course not. We're a small business that hand-makes wooden cookware.

I invented a new solution for the installation of safety barriers

7. repair

He couldn't repair the car because he didn't have the parts.

Please repair this.

Since this heater seems to be out of order, I'll have him repair it.

After his knee repair, he could walk without pain.

The coffee shop is closed while the air conditioning is under repair.

This TV was made ten years ago and there are no parts available, so it is impossible to repair it.

My father is good with tools and does almost all the repair.

Prospects for repair? "Prof. Shubaishen, the leader of the system development team, is presently unwell so we think it will take a while longer ..."

My microwave is acting up. I think I'd rather get a new one than repair this one.

The workers are repairing things in the rooms.

There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.

The repairs to our car will cost a lot because there was so much damage.

Roads and hotels often undergo repair before important public events.

You broke this car, so you will have to pay for the repairs

The neighbouring house was destroyed, but mine survived just a bit of cost for repair.

8. break

Take a break.

Give me a break. If you have something to say, stop making faces and say it.

If you leave your textbooks at school during the break, they'll get confiscated.

Your boyfriend is a problematic person, but that's not a good enough reason to give up or break off your relationship.

You have been thinking about this problem the whole morning. Take a break; go eat lunch.

The publication of the exam results over without incident, for the time being attention is naturally going to focus on the summer break, right?

Sometimes hockey players get so competitive that fights break out.

After waiting all day, the workers were still looking for a break in the weather so they could resume the search.

People usually find it very difficult to break the ice when they meet someone extremely attractive for the first time.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.

As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk.

The patient implored, "Please ... Break my arms!"

I also wanted to enjoy the break, but thanks to preparation and supplementary lessons for a certain six-man team, I got none!

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

when you are at work, a break is a time when you stop working and relax for a short while before starting to work again