fossilizing

英 [ˈfɒsəlaɪzɪŋ] 美 [ˈfɑːsəlaɪzɪŋ]

v.  (使)变成化石,石化; (使人或物)僵化
fossilize的现在分词



柯林斯词典

    in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用fossilise

  1. V-ERG (使)成为化石;石化
    If the remains of an animal or plant fossilize or are fossilized, they become hard and form fossils, instead of decaying completely.
    1. The most important parts, the flowers, rarely fossilise...
      最重要的部分,即花朵,很少成为化石。
    2. The survival of the proteins depends on the way in which bones are fossilised.
      蛋白质是否存留取决于骨头被石化的方式。
    3. ...fossilized dinosaur bones.
      恐龙骨骼化石
  2. V-ERG (使)僵化;(使)陈旧
    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.
    1. What they seem to want to do in fact is fossilize the particular environment in which people live and work...
      他们似乎想要做的实际上就是让人们生活和工作的环境固定不变。
    2. Needs change while policies fossilize.
      需要发生改变,但是政策僵化不变。

双语例句

  1. The process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone.
    使早期时代的植物、动物成为化石的过程;向石头转变的过程。
  2. Diagnostic Study on Fossilizing Tendency of Interlanguage in Oral English Communicative Competence Acquisition
    英语口语交际能力习得中中介语石化倾向诊断研究
  3. The current studies of the concept enlightenment itself and the Chinese enlightenment thoughts are very confusing, which reflect fossilizing of the thinking way and research patter of the scholars.
    当前学术界对启蒙这一常用理论概念与中国启蒙思潮现象的研究存在着十分混乱的现象,反映出思维方式与研究方法的严重僵滞。