ossified

英 [ˈɒsɪfaɪd]

美 [ˈɑːsɪfaɪd]

v.  僵化; 使固定不变; 使骨化; 骨质化
ossify的过去分词和过去式

BNC.42887 / COCA.37608

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）僵化；（使）一成不变；（使）墨守成规
  If an idea, system, or organizationossifiesor if somethingossifiesit, it becomes fixed and difficult to change.
  1. It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm industry...
     人们认为实行配给制会使农业失去活力。
  2. British society tended to ossify and close ranks as the 1930s drew to their close.
     英国社会在20世纪30年代末期趋于保守和自闭。
  3. ...an ossified institution.
     僵化的机构

英英释义

adj

• set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
  1. obsolete fossilized ways
  2. an ossified bureaucratic system
  Synonym:fossilizedfossilised

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