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the inflexibility of sth
The inflexibility of the company's policies frustrated employees.
公司政策的不灵活性让员工感到沮丧。
不灵活性；僵化
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不灵活性；僵化
the quality of not being able to bend or change; stiffness or rigidity
The inflexibility of the company's policies frustrated employees.
公司政策的不灵活性让员工感到沮丧。
不灵活的性质或状态；不能弯曲或改变；不屈的僵硬
The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness
After years of desk work, her back inflexibility caused frequent pain.
多年伏案工作后，她背部的不灵活性导致频繁疼痛。
The manager's inflexibility regarding working hours frustrated the team.
经理在工作时间上的顽固态度使团队感到沮丧。
His inflexibility in accepting new ideas hindered the project's progress.
他在接受新想法上的顽固不化阻碍了项目的进展。
The inflexibility of the company's policies frustrated employees.
公司政策的不灵活性让员工感到沮丧。
Inflexibility in scheduling caused many conflicts.
日程安排上的不灵活导致了许多冲突。
The manager showed inflexibility when considering alternatives.
经理在考虑替代方案时表现出不灵活。
Not this
He is known for his inflexibility character.
Use this
He is known for his inflexible character.
形容词应使用“inflexible”而非名词“inflexibility”来修饰名词“character”。
Not this
The policy has many inflexibilities.
Use this
The policy has a lot of inflexibility.
“inflexibility”通常为不可数名词，表示抽象概念，不宜用复数形式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
规则的僵化；规则缺乏灵活性
The inflexibility of the rules meant we could not change our booking.
规则的僵化意味着我们无法更改预订。
官僚主义的僵化
Bureaucratic inflexibility is a common complaint against government offices.
官僚主义的僵化是对政府部门的常见抱怨。
心理僵化
Psychological inflexibility can prevent people from accepting new ideas.
心理僵化会使人难以接受新观念。
价格刚性；价格缺乏弹性
Price inflexibility in the housing market made it hard for buyers to negotiate.
住房市场的价格刚性使购房者很难议价。
表现出不灵活；显得缺乏灵活性
The committee showed inflexibility in refusing to consider any alternative plan.
委员会拒绝考虑任何替代方案，表现得不灵活。
Use inflexibility naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：in-（不）遇上 flexible（灵活的），一根不能弯曲的钢筋，就是不灵活、僵化。
语域：neutral 常见场景：academic writing、business reports、policy discussions 该词为抽象名词，语气比较中性，多用于书面或正式讨论中，表示不灵活、僵化的状态；日常口语中较少单独使用。
不可数名词，复数形式为inflexibilities表示多种具体实例
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