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词汇 inhibit
释义 inhibit
verb[ T ]
uk /ɪnˈhɪb.ɪt/ us /ɪnˈhɪb.ɪt/
to prevent someone from doing something by making them feel nervous or embarrassed : 使…拘谨;使…有顾忌
be inhibited (from)Some workers were inhibited (from speaking) by the presence of their managers.一些工人在他们的经理面前不敢讲话。
to slow down a process or the growth of something: 抑制;约束
This drug inhibits the growth of tumours.这种药可以抑制肿瘤的生长。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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hamper
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preclusion
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Limiting and restricting

inhibit | American Dictionary


inhibit
verb[ T ]
us/ɪnˈhɪb·ɪt/
to take an action that makes something less likely to happen, or that discourages someone from doing something:
The merger of the two corporations was not allowed because it would inhibit open competition.
Some states have a rule that inhibits lawyers from talking about their cases outside the courtroom.

inhibit | Business English


inhibit
verb[ T ]
uk /ɪnˈhɪbɪt/us
to prevent something from developing in the way or at the rate that is possible:
inhibit competition/growth/innovationAuthorities fear that fewer, bigger airlines will inhibit competition.

Examples of inhibit


inhibit
Addition of minocycline to cultures reduced but did not completely inhibit activation of this pathway.
A common language often constrains one's thinking, thereby inhibiting the development of radically new models.
She therefore speculated that these students were not experiencing sufficient levels of anxiety to inhibit their performance.
This characteristic also inhibits development of pronounced vertical zonation of the magma body.
However, the use of such a powerful intervention may inhibit visits for milder diseases, possibly resulting in aggravation of the disease.
It is clear that both parafoveal and more peripheral representations contain cells both weakly and strongly inhibited by large stimuli.
It may be that maltreated girls tend toward inhibiting emotion and, as a result, are less likely to engage in such externally directed dysregulated behaviors.
The component best able to represent the domain is given "sole rights" to it, and the other components are inhibited.
Without the ability to inhibit the effect of the immediate environment, long-term goals cannot possibly affect present behavior.
Thus, they are assumed to enhance or to inhibit the activity in the various streams and at various stages in the flow of information.
A crystal of phenylthiourea was added to samples to be used for electrophoresis to inhibit melanin formation.
Emphasis is placed on small molecules that inhibit protein aggregation, upregulate molecular chaperones, or interfere with downstream toxic pathways.
Regulation of use is dramatically inhibited by the different social and economic incentives that influence the relationship between physicians and patients.
In addition, the enzyme was not inhibited by levamisole and ammonium molybdate, excluding alkaline phosphatase and nucleotidase activities, respectively.
This area was judged to be the highest priority because without new and better measures, future research will be inhibited and delayed.
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