inhibition

noun

/ˌɪnhɪˈbɪʃn/, /ˌɪnɪˈbɪʃn/

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[countable, uncountable] a shy or nervous feeling that stops you from expressing your real thoughts or feelings
- The children were shy at first, but soon lost their inhibitions.
- She had no inhibitions about making her opinions known.
Extra Examples
- They had no inhibitions about voicing their feelings.
- Young children will participate in a drama class without inhibition.
- an inhibition against certain behaviour
Topics Feelingsc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verb + inhibition
- have (no)
- show (no)
- lose
- …
preposition
- without inhibition
- inhibition about
See full entry
[uncountable] (formal) the act of limiting or preventing a process or an action
- the inhibition of growth

Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘forbidding, a prohibition’): from Latin inhibitio(n-), from the verb inhibere ‘hinder’, from in- ‘in’ + habere ‘hold’.

单词	inhibition
释义	inhibition noun /ˌɪnhɪˈbɪʃn/, /ˌɪnɪˈbɪʃn/ /ˌɪnhɪˈbɪʃn/, /ˌɪnɪˈbɪʃn/ jump to other results [countable, uncountable] a shy or nervous feeling that stops you from expressing your real thoughts or feelings The children were shy at first, but soon lost their inhibitions. She had no inhibitions about making her opinions known. Extra Examples They had no inhibitions about voicing their feelings. Young children will participate in a drama class without inhibition. an inhibition against certain behaviour Topics Feelingsc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + inhibition have (no) show (no) lose … preposition without inhibition inhibition about See full entry [uncountable] (formal) the act of limiting or preventing a process or an action the inhibition of growth Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘forbidding, a prohibition’): from Latin inhibitio(n-), from the verb inhibere ‘hinder’, from in- ‘in’ + habere ‘hold’.
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