As both Mr Keohane and Mr Yates emphasise, in Britain and America political divisions have ossified into tribal ones.

正如基奥恩耶茨所强调那样，在英国美国，政治分歧已经僵化为部落分歧。

Life ossified his face ostensible , but not his heart.

表面上，生活硬化了他脸，但没有硬化他心。

No sensible diner, and no real food-lover, should fret over ossified customs and categories or reject innovation.

任何用餐者真正美食爱者都不应为僵化习俗烦恼或拒绝创新。

Because you don't need a fully ossified skeleton if you spend most of your time in the water.

因为如果你大部分时间都在水中，就不需要完全僵化骨骼。

There is a risk that over time a firm's social capital erodes, creativity flags, hierarchies ossify and team spirit fades, as Mr Hastings fears.

这样下去，企业会逐渐面临社会资本被侵蚀、创造力流失、层级僵化团队精神淡化风险，这也正是哈斯廷斯所担心。

Nor is it an institutional device to be constantly modified according to the dictates of some abstract intellectual concept. Nor must it be ossified by endless regulation.

它也不是在某种抽象知识概念指示下不断修正制度安排，也不能因为无休止监管而陷于僵化。