fossilize /ˈfɒsɪˌlaɪz/ ( fossilizing, fossilized, fossilizes )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If the remains of an animal or plant fossilize or are fossilized, they become hard and form fossils, instead of decaying completely. 变成化石

  例：

  The tissue and cartilage of a nose are too soft to fossilize.

  鼻部的组织和软骨结构太软，无法形成化石。

  例：

  The survival of the proteins depends on the way in which bones are fossilized.

  蛋白物的生存取决于骨骼形成化石的方式。

  例：

  ...fossilized dinosaur bones.

  ...成为化石的恐龙骨骼。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I If you say that ideas, attitudes, or ways of behaving have fossilized or have been fossilized, you are criticizing the fact that they are fixed and unlikely to change, in spite of changing situations or circumstances. 使陈腐 [表不满]

  例：

  They seem to want to fossilize the environment in which people live and work.

  他们看样子想把人们工作和生活环境陈腐化。

  例：

  Needs change while policies fossilize.

  政策僵化，需求就产生变化。

• 3. 

  fossilized ADJ

  例：

  ...these fossilized organizations.

  ...这些陈腐的机构。