ossify /ˈɒsɪˌfaɪ/ ( ossifying, ossified, ossifies )

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  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]

  例：

  ...conventions that threatened to ossify art.

  ...使艺术僵化的一些规矩。

  例：

  ...after 50 years in charge, the party has ossified.

  ...50年执政后，该党派已变得僵化了。