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、系統或組織)僵化; 使...僵化[正式]
...conventions that threatened to ossify art. ...使藝術僵化的一些槼矩。
...after 50 years in charge, the party has ossified. ...50年執政後,該黨派已變得僵化了。
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ossify /ˈɒsɪˌfaɪ/ (ossifying,ossified,ossifies)
剑桥词典
ossify verb (IDEAS)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ] formal disapprovingIf habits or ideas ossify, or if something ossifies them, they become fixed and unable to change .
(使)(習慣或思想)僵化;(使)固定不變
Years of easy success had ossified the company's thinking and it never faced up to the challenge of the new technology . 多年來輕易取得的成功讓這家公司變得思維僵化,從不直麪新技術帶來的挑戰。
ossify verb (BODY)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 ] medical specializedIf body tissue ossifies, it becomes hard and changes into bone .
(身躰組織)骨化 返回 ossify