6月28日商务英语

codify ['kɔdifai, 'kəu-]

法律化（及物动词）

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

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

政府的新规定将使我们行业中的很多传统实践法律化。

to be all washed up

彻底完了

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

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.

我自负的叔叔曾经是一位有才能的着名企业高管，但现在他已经完全没落，甚至没人记得他的名字了。