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音節fix発音記号・読み方fɪ́ks変化～･es{～ɪz};～ed{-t}; ～･ing
コア目指した場所・状態に固定する事前に目指したい結果（状態・場所）が想定される．壊れているものが対象であれば，目指したい結果は「修理された状態」ということになる固定する▷他動詞1
決める▷他動詞2
定着させる▷他動詞3
（目などを）向ける▷他動詞4a
引きつける▷他動詞4b
修理する；整える▷他動詞6
用意する▷他動詞7
動詞他動詞
1…を〈…に〉固定する，取りつける，据えつける〈on/to/in〉I fixed another lock to the door.
ドアにもう１つ別の錠をつけた
He fixed a loudspeaker to the wall.
彼は壁に拡声器を据えつけた
2（時間・場所・値段など）を決める，定める，決定する（しばしばupを伴う）We haven't fixed a time and place for the reunion.
再会の時間と場所はまだ決めていない
The rent was fixed at a rate according to income.
家賃は収入に応じた価格に設定されていた
3（考え・制度など）を定着させる，不動のものにするThat's a custom fixed by a long‐standing tradition.
それは長い伝統によって定着した慣習だ
4a（目・注意など）を〈…に〉（じっと）向ける〈on〉；*1（人）を〈…の目つきで〉見据える〈with〉She fixed her eyes on the diamond.
彼女はそのダイヤモンドをじっと見つめた
My brother fixed me with an angry stare.
弟は怒った目つきで私をにらんだ
b（人・物が）（目・注意など）を引きつける；…を〈心などに〉留める〈in〉The strange building fixed my attention.
その奇妙な建物が私の注意を引きつけた
The picture is fixed in my mind.
その写真は心に焼きついている
5（責任など）を〈…に〉負わせる〈on〉Don't fix the blame on me.
私のせいにするなよ
6…を修理する，直す；（髪・顔など）を整える；…を整頓（とん）するHe fixed the television set by himself.
彼は自分でテレビを修理した
I must fix my hair before I go.
出かける前に髪の手入れをしなくちゃいけない
7*2（食事・飲み物など）を用意する，作る；《fix A B》⇔《fix B for A》ＡにＢを用意するI'll fix you a snack.
軽い食事を作ってあげましょう
She fixed a big turkey dinner for Thanksgiving.
彼女は感謝祭に大きな七面鳥を用意した
8*3（試合など）で八百長を仕組む；（価格）を操作する；（人）を買収する，…の裏工作をするfix a game
八百長試合を仕組む
The last election was fixed.
前回の選挙では裏工作が行われた
9（犬・猫など）を去勢する
10*4（人）を〈…について〉こらしめる，とっちめる；（人）に〈…の〉仕返しをする〈for〉I'll fix him for lying about me.
私のことでうそをついているので彼をとっちめてやろう
11（染色など）の色止めをする；≪写≫（フイルム）を定着させる
自動詞1固定される
2〈…に〉決定する〈on〉
3（注意などが）〈…に〉留まる〈on/to〉
4〈…する〉用意をする，手配をする〈to do〉；《be fixing to do》*5…するところであるI'm fixing to leave for work now.
今仕事に出かけるところだ
成句fix on [upon] ...
（場所・日取り・金額など）を決める，選ぶ；…に決める
We've not fixed on the date yet for the next general meeting.
次の例会の日取りをまだ決めていません
He has finally fixed on which car to buy.
彼はやっとどの車にするか決めた
成句fix up
①（日取りなど）を決める
Could we fix up a place and time for our next meeting?
次回の会議の場所と時間を決めましょうか
②*6（会議・旅行など）の手配をする
We have already fixed up the trip to Hokkaido.
北海道へ行く手配をもうしました
③…を手直しする，改修する
I have to get my old house fixed up.
古い持ち家の手入れをしなくてはいけない
We fixed up the garage as a playroom.
ガレージを遊び部屋に改造した
成句fix |A |up with |B|
*7
①Ａ（人）にＢ（必要なもの）を用意してやる
He fixed me up with a meal and room for the night.
彼は私に食事と泊まる部屋を用意してくれた
②Ａ（人）にＢ（適切な相手）を世話してやる
After breaking up with Ann, Joyce fixed me up with her sister.
アンと別れてから，ジョイスが彼女の妹を紹介してくれたんだ
名詞1*8*9窮地，ピンチget oneself into a fix
窮地に陥る
I am in a fix for money.
お金に困っている
2*10*11裏工作，八百長
3*12（薬物の）注射
4（船・飛行機などの）位置；（観測などによる）位置決定
5*13*14はっきりした考え
成句get a fix on ...
…をしっかり理解する
fix
語源
From Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fixe (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin fīxus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgere (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to jab; stick; set”). Related to dig.
発音
(英国発音, 米国発音) IPA(key): /ˈfɪks/
韻: -ɪks
動詞
fix (三人称単数 現在形 fixes, 現在分詞 fixing, 過去形および過去分詞形 fixt または fixed)
(transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.(transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"
1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 111:She sniffed, too, comprehendingly, and fixed her son with a relentless eye.
(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.
A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.
The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet.
(transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.
(transitive) To mend, to repair.That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
You can't fix stupid.
(transitive, informal) To prepare (food または drink).She fixed dinner for the kids.
2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 94:I fixed us drinks—orange juice with some vodka I'd gotten on sale—and washed a few dishes to get my mind off Jess and the fact of his not texting back.
(transitive) To make (a contest, vote, または gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion[1]A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.
(transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
(transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point または subset) to itself.
(transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.
(transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
(transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.
(Can we find かつ add a quotation of Abney to this entry?)
(intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.1665, Edmund Waller, “Upon Her Maiesties New Buildings at Somerset-House”:Accuſing ſome malignant Star,
Not Britain, for that fateful War,
Your kindneſs baniſhes your fear,
Reſolv’d to fix for ever here.
1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer:A cheerless place! the solitary Bee,
Whose buzzing was the only sound of life,
Flew there on restless wing,
Seeking in vain one blossom, where to fix.
(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.1631, [Francis Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
quicksilver will 'fix, so asto endure the hammer
別の表記
fixe (古風な用法)
同意語
(pierce): impale, run through, stick
(hold in place): join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join
(mend; repair): patch, put to rights, rectify; see also Thesaurus:repair
(make a contest unfair): doctor, rig
(render infertile): neuter, spay, desex, castrate
(settle または remain permanently): establish, settle down
反意語
(to hold in place): move, change
派生語
affix, affixative, fixed
fixings, fixity, fixety
fix someone's wagon, fix someone up with
派生した語
→ Dutch: fixen, fiksen
名詞
fix (複数形 fixes)
A repair or corrective action.Hyponyms: bugfix, technofix
2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.Synonyms: see Thesaurus:difficult situation
1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 13:"How come you're in this fix?"
It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!
(informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.1953, William S. Burroughs, Junkie:And Cash told me of cases where two hips take a fix together and then one pulls out his badge.
1992, William Alain Jourgensen (lyrics かつ music), “Just One Fix”, in Psalm 69, performed by Ministry:Just one fix!
A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.1963, Howard Saul Becker, Outsiders: studies in the sociology of deviance, page 160:As the professional thief notes: You can tell by the way the case is handled in court when the fix is in.
A determination of location.We have a fix on your position.
(US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
派生した語
→ French: fixe, fix
参照
^ Sutherland, Edwin H. (ed) (1937): The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Reprinted by various publishers in subsequent decades.]
Further reading
fix on Wikipedia.
-fix
語源
The common element of prefix, suffix, and affix — all ultimately from Latin figere (“to fasten”).
発音
(Received 発音) IPA(key): /fɪks/
接尾辞
-fix
(grammar) Forming nouns denoting a morpheme used in word formation joined to a word in the specified way (e.g.: infix = "attached within", circumfix = "attached around").
(chiefly grammar) Forming verbs denoting fastening or attaching (something) in the specified way (e.g.: suffix = "append", prefix = "preface").
使用する際の注意点
Used to form new words only in language-related fields.
派生語
circumfix
confix
infix
参考
-fixation
