fossilize
英 ['f?s(?)la?z; 'f?s?la?z]
美
- vt. 使成化石；使陳腐
- vi. 變成化石；變陳腐；使過(guò)時(shí)或固定不變；搜集（或發(fā)掘）化石標(biāo)本
GRETOEFL
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?fossilizes;過(guò)去式:?fossilized;過(guò)去分詞:?fossilized;現(xiàn)在分詞:?fossilizing;名詞:?fossilization;
英文詞源
- fossilize (v.)
- 1794 (transitive), from fossil + -ize. Intransitive use from 1828. Figurative use from 1856. Related: Fossilized; fossilizing.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Needs change while policies fossilize.
- 需要發(fā)生改變，但是政策僵化不變。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. What they seem to want to do in fact is fossilize the particular environment in which people live and work.
- 他們似乎想要做的實(shí)際上就是讓人們生活和工作的環(huán)境固定不變。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句