1. Beliefs have ossified into rigid dogma.
    信仰已僵化为不可更动的教条.

2. When a shock came it shook the rigid table upon which these stood.
    当地震发生时，就震动了这张上面竖着木杆的坚硬的桌子。

3. When a shock came, it shook the rigid table upon which these stood.
    一旦有地震，就会震动竖立在坚硬的桌上的木棒。

4. Those who like Victorian family houses and furniture might secretly welcome a return to more rigid social norms.
    那些喜欢维多利亚式家庭住宅和家具的人也许在心底里愿意恢复更为严格的社会规范。

5. Useless, powerless, complaining, sick, weak, conservative, rigid, helpless, unproductive, wrinkled, ugly, unattractive, and on and on.
    无用，无能，爱抱怨，多病，体弱，保守，僵化，无助，成不了事，满脸皱纹，丑陋不堪，魅力无存，等等，等等。

6. A.You make a rigid 5-year plan, requiring you to spend each holiday with different members of the family.
    a.你制订了一个严格的五年计划，规定你每个假期都要和不同的亲友一起度过。

7. Steel seems to be the best material, but not if it is welded to form a rigid structure.
    钢似乎是最佳的建材，但一旦被焊接成僵硬的结构就不行了。

8. Crossed arms may show a rigid state of mind, not especially inviting to outside contact.
    双臂交叉也许显露出一种严格死板心态，这尤其不会吸引别人的交往。