fossilize
fossilise, v [I, Tn usu passive 通常用於被动语态]
1 (cause sth to) become a fossil (使某物)成为化石
fossilized leaves 成为化石的叶子.
2 (fig 比喻) make (sth) or become out of date or fixed 使(某事物)(变得)过时或固定不变
old-fashioned fossilized attitudes 落後的、 固定不变的看法.
🗣️ 情景例句
How are things with you?
一切都好吗?
Our foreign trade policy has always been based on equality and mutual benefit and exchange of needed goods.
我们的对外贸易政策一向是以平等互利、互通有无为基础的。
for it produces a resentful animal who at a later stage may well turn man-killer.