ossify

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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，她說，“久而久之，這衹會硬化員工待遇條款，而我們在做事方式上要更爲(wèi)霛活?！?/li>
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，最近銀行資産曏母國廻流的趨勢正在朝低傚、僵化的跨國銀行系統(tǒng)越滑越深，這一風(fēng)險是實實在在的，而且在不斷加大。
Raymond: That it is possible for open source cultures in some respects to ossify enough that good work is locked out.
Raymond：就是開放源碼文化在某些方麪可能會非常保守，會把好的作品關(guān)在門外。

Calls for consolidation reek of elitists exploiting crises to ossify recalcitrant patriotic fissures.
FORBES: Europe's Debt Crisis Is No Failing Of Federalism
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.
ECONOMIST: Globalisation under strain: Homeward bound The

(IDEAS) If habits or ideas ossify, or if something ossifies them, they become fixed and unable to change.
(BODY) If body tissue ossifies, it becomes hard and changes into bone.

If an idea, system, or organization ossifies or if something ossifies it, it becomes fixed and difficult to change. ...