dead hand

名词 dead hand:

1. real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)
   同义词：mortmain
2. the oppressive influence of past events of decisions
   同义词：dead hand of the past, mortmain

1. Even if you pay two times the money, you can not expect to possess the building which is now in a dead hand.
   即使你出双倍的价钱也不能指望得到那幢建筑，因它现在属于某个社团，不能转让。
2. The dead hand of bureaucracy is slowing our progress.
   官僚主义的流毒拖慢了我们的进步。