to seize up

We are all born flexible but as we grow older, we tend to seize up a little.

我们刚生下来时身体都很灵活，但随着年龄的增长，手脚会变得有些僵硬。

With everything suddenly feeling like it ’ s up for grabs, this is your time to seize the initiative.

当你们突然觉得一切都可以争取时，你们就该抓住主动权了。

She put diesel fuel, instead of petrol, into the tank causing the motor to seize up.

她往油箱里加了些柴油而不是汽油，致使发动机发生故障。

So we should seize the opportunities, deepen the reforms and take new countermeasures to set up a new and qualified group of postgraduate tutors, which can meet the need of educational reforms and development.

我们必须抓住机遇，深化改革，采取新的措施与对策，建设一支素质优良的新世纪导师队伍，才能进一步适应教育改革和发展的需要。

It was their sudden withdrawal that caused the market in asset backed commercial paper ( ABCP) to seize up.

正是由于短期债券的突然撤出才导致了资产支持商业票据的失灵。