fix·a·tion
noun/fɪkˈseɪʃn/
/fɪkˈseɪʃn/
- [countable] a very strong interest in somebody/something that is unusual or not reasonable
对不寻常或不合理的某人/事有非常浓厚的兴趣 - a mother fixation
恋母情结 - Winning the title again has become a fixation for him.
再次夺得冠军已经成为他的执念。 - fixation with/on somebody/something He's got this fixation with cleanliness.
他有洁癖。
- a mother fixation
- [uncountable] (specialist) the process of a gas becoming solid
固定(指气态变成固态的过程) - nitrogen fixation
固氮作用
- nitrogen fixation
Word Originlate Middle English (originally denoting the process of reducing a volatile spirit or essence to a permanent bodily form): from medieval Latin fixatio(n-), from fixare ‘to fix’, both from Latin fixus, past participle of figere ‘fix, fasten’.