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
- 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
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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。
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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.
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