inhibit 英 [ɪnˈhɪbɪt]   美 [ɪnˈhɪbɪt]

inhibit

inhibit  英 [ɪnˈhɪbɪt] 美 [ɪnˈhɪbɪt]

vt. 抑制 

进行时:inhibiting  过去式:inhibited  过去分词:inhibited  第三人称单数:inhibits  名词复数:inhibits 

A lack of oxygen may inhibit brain development in the unborn child. 缺氧可能阻碍胎儿的大脑发育。
The director's presence inhibited them from airing their problems. 主管的在场使他们不便畅谈他们的问题。

  • When you inhibit something, you block it or hold it back. If you put plants in a dark room, you inhibit their growth. A teacher who mocks their students for giving wrong answers inhibits their willingness to speak up in class.
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  • vt. 抑制
  • 1. A lack of oxygen may inhibit brain development in the unborn child.

    缺氧可能阻碍胎儿的大脑发育。

  • 2. The director's presence inhibited them from airing their problems.

    主管的在场使他们不便畅谈他们的问题。

  • inhibit (v.) early 15c., "to forbid, prohibit," back-formation from inhibition or else from Latin inhibitus, past participle of inhibere "to hold in, hold back, keep back," from in- "in, on" (from PIE root *en "in") + habere "to hold" (from PIE root *ghabh- "to give or receive"). Psychological sense (1876) is from earlier, softened meaning of "restrain, check, hinder" (1530s). Related: Inhibited; inhibiting.
in·hibit AWL / ɪnˈhɪbɪt ; NAmE ɪnˈhɪbɪt / verb 1 inhibitsth ( formal) to prevent sth from happening or make it happen more slowly or less frequently than normal 阻止;阻碍;抑制 A lack of oxygen may inhibit brain development in the unborn child. 缺氧可能阻碍胎儿的大脑发育。 2 inhibitsb (from sth/from doing sth) to make sb nervous or embarrassed so that they are unable to do sth 使拘束;使尴尬 The managing director's presence inhibited them from airing their problems. 总经理的在场使他们不便畅谈他们的问题。 inhibit inhibits inhibited inhibiting in·hibit / ɪnˈhɪbɪt ; NAmE ɪnˈhɪbɪt /
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