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，企业面临社资本被侵蚀、创造力流失、层级僵化和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.

正如基奥恩和耶茨所强调的那样，英国和国，政治分歧已经僵化为部落分歧。

These plates increase the length of your bones through proliferation of ossifying cells we call chondrocytes.

这些骨骺板通过骨化细胞的增殖增加骨骼的长度，我们称之为软骨细胞。

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.

任何理智的用餐者和真正的食爱好者不应为僵化的习俗和类别烦恼或拒绝创新。