codify ['k?difai, 'k?u-]

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法律化（及物動詞）

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(transitive verb) To put something, such as rules or previously accepted procedures, into an organized arrangement, such as a legal system.

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EXAMPLE: The government's new regulations will codify many of the traditional practices in our industry.

政府的新規(guī)定將使我們行業(yè)中的很多傳統(tǒng)實踐法律化。

to be all washed up

徹底完了

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To be completely past one's level of competence, strength, or importance.

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EXAMPLE: My boastful old uncle was once a talented and well-known business executive, but now he's all washed up and nobody even remembers his name.

我自負的叔叔曾經(jīng)是一位有才能的著名企業(yè)高管，但現(xiàn)在他已經(jīng)完全沒落，甚至沒人記得他的名字了。