| 单词 | inhibit |
| 释义 | inhibit —inhibitable, adj. —inhibitory /in hib"i tawr"ee, -tohr'ee/, inhibitive, adj. /in hib"it/, v.t. 1. to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.). 2. to prohibit; forbid. 3. Psychol. to consciously or unconsciously suppress or restrain (psychologically or sociologically unacceptable behavior). 4. Chem. to decrease the rate of action of or stop (a chemical reaction). [1425-75; late ME inhibiten < L inhibitus, ptp. of inhibere to restrain, equiv. to in- IN-2 + -hibere, comb. form of habere to have, hold] Syn. 1. repress, discourage, obstruct. 2. interdict. See forbid. |
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