ossify
ossify 英 [ˈɒsɪfaɪ] 美 [ˈɑsɪfaɪ]
vi. 骨化；硬化；僵化 vt. 使硬化；使骨化；使僵化
进行时:ossifying 过去式:ossified 过去分词:ossified 第三人称单数:ossifies
- Ossify means to become bony. When a baby is born, some of their "bones" are actually soft cartilage, which allows for growth. As the child grows, these soft areas ossify into actual bone. The knee cap, for example, begins to ossify between ages 3 and 6.
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- vi. 骨化；硬化；僵化
- vt. 使硬化；使骨化；使僵化
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1. This disease will make her tendons ossify and her body paralyzed into a statue.
她肩膀两侧长出额外骨头，病情会令她的肌腱继续骨化，身体逐步瘫痪，最终变成一尊雕像。
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2. But the risk that the recent homeward flow of bank assets will ossify into a less efficient, less flexible cross-border banking system is real and growing.
然而，最近银行资产向母国回流的趋势正在朝低效、僵化的跨国银行系统越滑越深，这一风险是实实在在的，而且在不断加大。
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3. In addition, she said, “what this has tended to do is ossify terms and conditions when we need more flexibility about how we do things”.
除此之外，她说，“久而久之，这只会硬化员工待遇条款，而我们在做事方式上要更为灵活。”
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