1.There was a penalty on prudence and a potential death sentence for companies convicted of "stodginess" .
审慎会不利，被冠上“平庸”罪名的公司可能被判死刑。
2.The stodginess we see in them is not necessarily a bad thing because that is [one of the qualities that] we value in silent films.
边缘电影中的堆积与拖沓也不一定就是坏事，因为这也是我们看重默片的质量因素之一。
3.Reflecting its stodginess, it resisted for many years such technological innovations as the colour photograph.
多年来，《信报》一直拒绝采用彩色图片等技术创新手段，反映出它的顽固不化。
4.The financial system, once criticised for stodginess, is solid.
一度被批评为难以消化的国家金融系统也很稳固。