| 词汇 | example_english_ossify |
| 释义 | Examples of ossifyThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. It consists of two heavily ossified limbs with a membrane of bone interposed between them. These bones are strongly ossified and heavily sculptured by irregular pits and low ridges. We may find surprising results, fire station designs hidden in the rules, but this is limited, because the rules have ossified past decisions. Libraries are being ossified into tombs of tomes. Other features, less easily identified on ultrasound include hypoplastic scapulae, narrow iliac wings and a poorly ossified pubis. The bones are delicate, feebly ossified. To prop up the arguments here, or at least to see where they might stand if they were ossified, several lines of evidence can be noted. Too many investment portfolios have become ossified by high rates of capital gains tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would ossify and fossilise the wages councils and make it much more difficult for them to break into the area of free collective bargaining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No society can ossify in perpetuity its land settlement patterns. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wonder whether there may be an effect here of ossifying error. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Obviously, aid cannot be ossified—either the level of aid or the recipients at any one time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is immobility a city will ossify and decline. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It does nothing to increase the supply of new accommodation but it will serve to ossify the market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact is that in a time of immense change and opportunity, the industry's structure has been ossified by the act of nationalisation itself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was never intended that structure plans should ossify the postion of 10 or 15 years ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must not try to ossify the present structure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That does not necessarily mean that the current boundaries have to be ossified for good; indeed, there will be a few exceptional circumstances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody wants to ossify what we have; we want to advance on a range of issues. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What they always seek to do with it is to ossify it instead of adapting it to changing circumstances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A civil service that does not change will ossify and die. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The system has been ossified for too long. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we are to have a dynamic city, it cannot be ossified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To put a stop to that would ossify matters and would freeze the occupation of many of these large houses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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