V-ERG
(使)僵化;(使)陈旧
If you say that ideas, attitudes, or ways of behaving have fossilized or have been fossilized, you are criticizing the fact that they are fixed and unlikely to change, in spite of changing situations or circumstances.
例句
What they seem to want to do in fact is fossilize the particular environment in which people live and work...
他们似乎想要做的实际上就是让人们生活和工作的环境固定不变。
Needs change while policies fossilize.
需要发生改变,但是政策僵化不变。