单词 | inhibition |
释义 | inhibitionn. 1. The action of inhibiting or forbidding; a prohibition (with reference to some act expressed or implied), esp. one formally issued by a person or body possessed of civil or ecclesiastical authority. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [noun] > proscription or interdiction inhibition1387 interdiction1579 proscription1620 society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical authority > [noun] > ordinance of > prohibition inhibition1387 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 289 Robert þe archebisshop hadde purchased an inhibicioun of þe pope þat no clerk schulde reward þe kyng of holy chirche goodes. c1480 (a1400) St. Agatha 188 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 363 Þane gert he put hire in presone, & mad strat Inhibicione, þat na man accesss suld hafe. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 274/2 He sayd that he ought not to be ordeyned the bisshop lyuyng..& wrote for thynibycion of the general counceylle. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. i. 22 Quhat maner discord be this at we se, Expres agane our inhibitioun? 1558 J. Knox First Blast against Monstruous Regiment Women f. 51v The natiue king made streit inhibition to all his subiectes, that none shuld adhere to this traitor. 1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 165 How ancient the Usage of Divining by such petty occasions was, may appear from that inhibition..‘Ye shall not use any Divinations’. 1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 612 Those extreme measures..which he had hitherto been restrained from taking by the Pope's inhibition. 1837 J. Foster Let. 18 Feb. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 313 Medical inhibition to be out in the night-air. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xxxvii. 43 It [sc. a state legislature] may be restrained by some inhibition either in the Federal Constitution, or in the Constitution of its own State. 2. spec. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > other types of writ utrumc1290 quo warrantoa1325 writ of right closea1325 writ of oyer and terminer1414 writ of right1414 quare impedit?a1424 prohibition?1435 praecipec1440 supplicavita1450 replevy1451 ouster-le-main1485 praecipe in capitec1523 value1527 inhibition1532 rehabilitation1533 melius inquirendum1549 ne exeat regnum1559 quo minus1592 letters (or writ) of supplementc1600 inhibition1603 fair pleading1607 ingressu1607 ne exeat regno1607 account1622 associationa1625 ship-writ1640 cessavit1641 ne exeat1644 devastavit1651 right close1651 writ of second deliverance1652 fair pleader1655 beaupleader1700 proclamation writ1713 writ of inquiry1809 writ of intendence and respondence1881 1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 12 §2 Any foreyne inhibitions, appeales..in anye wyse not with standynge. 1543 J. Bale Yet Course at Romyshe Foxe sig. C.iij v The decrees and inhybycyons of my lorde ordynarye of London. b. In Ecclesiastical Law, The order of an ecclesiastical court, stopping proceedings in inferior courts, e.g. the suspension of inferior jurisdictions during the bishop's (or archbishop's) visitation (see inhibit v. 1b); also, now esp., the command of a bishop or ecclesiastical judge, that a clergyman shall cease from exercising ministerial duty. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > other types of writ utrumc1290 quo warrantoa1325 writ of right closea1325 writ of oyer and terminer1414 writ of right1414 quare impedit?a1424 prohibition?1435 praecipec1440 supplicavita1450 replevy1451 ouster-le-main1485 praecipe in capitec1523 value1527 inhibition1532 rehabilitation1533 melius inquirendum1549 ne exeat regnum1559 quo minus1592 letters (or writ) of supplementc1600 inhibition1603 fair pleading1607 ingressu1607 ne exeat regno1607 account1622 associationa1625 ship-writ1640 cessavit1641 ne exeat1644 devastavit1651 right close1651 writ of second deliverance1652 fair pleader1655 beaupleader1700 proclamation writ1713 writ of inquiry1809 writ of intendence and respondence1881 society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > legal process > [noun] > order stopping proceedings inhibition1603 1603 Constitutions & Canons §§96–8. 1621 First & Second Bk. Discipline (Church of Scotl.) 2 The Assemblie ordaines, that Inhibition shall be made to all and sundry persons, now Serving in the Ministery, who hath not entered into their charges by the order..appointed. 1641 Termes de la Ley Inhibition, is a Writ to inhibite a Judge to proceed further in the cause depending before him... Inhibition is most commonly a Writ issuing forth of a higher Court Christian, to a lower and inferiour, upon an appeale. 1840 Act 3 & 4 Victoria c. 86 §14 It shall be lawful for the said bishop at any time to revoke such inhibition. 1873 R. Phillimore Eccl. Law II. 1345 We find, in the time of Archbishop Winchelsey, a bishop prosecuted for exercising jurisdiction before the relaxation of the inhibition; and in Archbishop Tillotson's time, a bishop suspended, for acting after the inhibition. 1881 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 6 377 The judge issued an inhibition inhibiting the incumbent from the performance of divine service and the exercise of the cure of souls within the diocese for three months. c. In Scots Law, A writ prohibiting a person from contracting a debt which may become a burden on his heritable property; also, a writ passing the Signet, obtained by a husband, to prohibit the giving of credit to his wife; see also quot. 18611. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writ prohibiting contracting debt inhibition1846 1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 81/2 The debt on which inhibition may proceed must be founded on some obligatory written document, or established by the decree of a court. 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 446/2 Inhibition against a Wife. 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 447/1 Inhibition of Tithes is a writ..by which the titular of teinds is enabled to interrupt the possession of a tenant of the teinds possessing by tacit relocation. 3. a. The action of preventing, hindering, or checking. Now esp. in Physiology (see quot. 1883). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > action of lettingOE impeachingc1400 thwartingc1430 interruption1463 inhibition1621 obstructing1641 clogging1647 obstruction1656 thorteringa1693 interclusion1798 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. vii. 36 This ligation of senses proceeds from an inhibition of Spirits, the way being stopped by which they should come. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 79. ⁋7 It is said that no torture is equal to the inhibition of sleep, long continued. 1883 T. L. Brunton in Nature 1 Mar. 419 By inhibition we mean the arrest of the functions of a structure or organ, by the action upon it of another, while its power to execute those functions is still retained, and can be manifested as soon as the restraining power is removed. 1887 Fortn. Rev. May 742 Inhibition in one nervous sphere is often accompanied by dynamogeny in another. 1906 C. S. Sherrington Integrative Action Nerv. Syst. iii. 84 Classical examples of inhibition are those of the vagus nerve on the heart, and of the corda tympani on the blood-vessels of the submaxillary region. 1927 G. V. Anrep tr. I. P. Pavlov Conditioned Reflexes iii. 43 I consider it advisable to give a brief description of inhibition of centres as observed in the field of unconditioned reflexes. 1967 R. F. Thompson Found. Physiol. Psychol. vii. 168 These more limited hypotheses still imply that inhibition tends to act near the region of the cell body where the spike discharge is initiated. b. Chemistry. (See quot. 19022.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > processes or substances affecting reactions > inhibition inhibition1902 the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > chemical kinetics > [noun] > reaction rates > reduction in inhibition1902 1902 S. W. Young in Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 24 299 I will..use the word ‘inhibition’ to cover the phenomena in point. 1902 S. W. Young in Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 24 302 Inhibition, i.e. a marked reduction of the reaction rate under the influence of minute quantities of foreign substances. 1923 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 27 325 The inhibitory power of water in the esterification of acids in alcoholic solutions..represents a complex case of the Titoff type of inhibition. 1956 Nature 3 Mar. 432/2 Anti-competitive (uncompetitive) inhibition, in which the inhibitor combines with the enzyme-substrate complex but not with the enzyme, has been considered theoretically. 1970 G. Odian Princ. Polymerization iii. 221 Polymerization is completely stopped by benzoquinone, a typical inhibitor, during an induction or inhibition period. 4. Psychology. A voluntary or involuntary restraint or check that prevents the direct expression of an instinctive impulse; also colloquial, in looser use, an inner hindrance to conduct or activity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > behaviourism > theories of motivation > inhibition > [noun] inhibition1876 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun] > means of restraint or restraining force bridleeOE bridea1425 restraint1523 aweband1531 bit1546 retentive1580 control1594 curb1613 hank1613 constriction1650 retinue1651 check1661 spigot1780 brake1875 way-chain1884 tab1889 inhibitor1902 check-cord1908 iron maiden1912 inhibition1932 1876 W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 32 Doubt itself is an active state, one of voluntary inhibition or suspense. 1889 Harper's Mag. June 78/1 Some describe it as an inhibition of the higher psychic brain-centres. 1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. 373 The outward consequences of such inhibitions may be the arrest of discharges from the inhibited regions. 1897 J. Adams Herbartian Psychol. 257 It is this work of inhibition that causes the peculiar feeling of effort that marks all voluntary attention as opposed to involuntary. 1916 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Wit & its Relation to Unconsc. iv. 206 One cannot possibly consider the amount of the pleasure so great as to believe that it has the power to annul deep-rooted inhibitions and repressions. 1932 E. Bowen To North xiv. 141 Blurred by the inhibitions of Pauline, upon which his sister dwelt with such gusto. 1936 Discovery Aug. 254/1 To guard against auto-suggestions and personal inhibitions of various kinds. 1965 A. L. Fisher tr. M. Merleau-Ponty Struct. Behaviour i. 18 That the brain possesses a general power of inhibition would be accepted. 1973 W. J. Burley Death in Salubrious Place iii. 56 It was light enough to see the boy's embarrassed shrug. Georgie had no such inhibitions. ‘She had a thing about Vince.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1387 |
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