ossify
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I If an idea, system, or organization ossifies or if something ossifies it, it becomes fixed and difficult to change. (思想、系统或组织)僵化; 使...僵化[正式]
...conventions that threatened to ossify art. ...使艺术僵化的一些规矩。
...after 50 years in charge, the party has ossified. ...50年执政后,该党派已变得僵化了。
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ossify /ˈɒsɪˌfaɪ/ (ossifying,ossified,ossifies)
剑桥词典
ossify verb (IDEAS)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ] formal disapprovingIf habits or ideas ossify, or if something ossifies them, they become fixed and unable to change .
(使)(习惯或思想)僵化;(使)固定不变
Years of easy success had ossified the company's thinking and it never faced up to the challenge of the new technology . 多年来轻易取得的成功让这家公司变得思维僵化,从不直面新技术带来的挑战。
ossify verb (BODY)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 ] medical specializedIf body tissue ossifies, it becomes hard and changes into bone .
(身体组织)骨化 返回 ossify