They managed to get a fix on the yacht's position.

他们设法确定了快艇的方位。

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He tried to get a fix on 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。

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Can you get a fix on the plane?

你能给飞机定位吗？

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Now, this particular simile conjures for us an image of someone trying to get a fix on Satan's shield, and there's the suggestion here of an attempt to get a proper perspective on this huge character, Satan.

这个特别的比喻如同戏法般,像我们展示了一个想要对撒旦的屏障有所一瞥的形象，这里有找出对这个重要的人物，撒旦,的一个合理的观点的暗示。

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There are really two purposes in us doing this: one was so you can get a fix on your own eating, and second you can see the challenges that are involved in assessing what people eat when you start doing studies linking diet to health.

这么做实际上有两个目的,一是你可以调整你自己的饮食,二是当你开始研究,饮食与健康的关系时,你会发现,在对人们吃什么进行评估时存在很多困难

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So, Galileo here is struggling to get the proper visionary fix on the moon at a point in the day when there are no absolutes.

因此，伽利略在此是试图着要在没有绝对的时刻,得到月亮的方位。

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Such scientific samplings should be sufficient to get a fix on economic conditions around the country.

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Though some of the arguments are compelling, the ACA also dramatically suggest that grandmothers shouldn't subsidize those with HD downloading habits, and can't seem to get a fix on just how they want to meter users or what kind of overages should be charged -- both of which seem to be common points of debate.

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Buyers are suffering from gas-price sticker shock and are sitting on liquid assets until they get a better fix on where the economy is actually going.

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