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的风险，这也正是哈斯廷斯所担心的。

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

正如基奥所的那样，在英国美国，政治分歧已经僵化为部落分歧。

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

因为你大部分时间都在水里，所以你不需要一个完全骨化的骨骼。

Because that's the best time to be on it before the bureaucracy has a chance to ossify.

因为那是在官僚体制僵化之前使用它的最佳时机。

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

任何理智的用餐者真正的美食爱好者都不应为僵化的习俗类别烦恼或拒绝创新。