inhibit
inhibit
(inhibited, inhibiting)
inhibitive
adjective
语源
(inhibited, inhibiting)
- [with obj.]hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process)
阻碍，制止，防止（动作，过程）
cold inhibits plant growth.
寒冷抑制植物生长。
■(inhibit someone from doing something)prevent or prohibit someone from doing something
阻止，禁止
the earnings rule inhibited some retired people from working.
收入法规禁止一些退休人员工作。
■make (someone) self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way
使窘迫，使不知所措
his mother's strictures would always inhibit him.
他母亲的责难总让他发窘。
■(chiefly Physiology & Biochemistry)(chiefly of a drug or other substance) slow down or prevent (a process, reaction, or function) or reduce the activity of (an enzyme or other agent)
(主生理，主生化)（主要指药物等物质）抑制（过程，反应，官能）；降低（酶等）的活性
■(in ecclesiastical law) forbid (a member of the clergy) to exercise clerical functions
（宗教法用语）禁止（神职人员）司神职
inhibitive
adjective
语源
- late Middle English (in the sense 'forbid (a person) to do something'): from Latin inhibere 'hinder', from in- 'in' + habere 'hold'
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