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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   inhibit

   • IPA[inˈhibət]

   美式

   • v.
     hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process)；prevent or prohibit (someone) from doing something

   • verb: inhibit, 3rd person present: inhibits, gerund or present participle: inhibiting, past tense: inhibited, past participle: inhibited

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process) cold inhibits plant growth 同義詞 impede, hinder, hamper, hold back, discourage, ... 更多interfere with, obstruct, put a brake on, slow, slow down, retard, curb, check, suppress, repress, restrict, restrain, constrain, bridle, rein in, shackle, fetter, cramp, balk, frustrate, arrest, stifle, smother, prevent, block, thwart, foil, quash, stop, halt, put an end/stop to, nip in the bud反義詞 assist, encourage, allow
   • ▪ prevent or prohibit (someone) from doing something the earnings rule inhibited some retired people from working
   • ▪ (chiefly of a drug or other substance) slow down or prevent (a process, reaction, or function) or reduce the activity of (an enzyme or other agent).
   • 2. make (someone) self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way his mother's strictures would always inhibit him
   • 3. (in ecclesiastical law) forbid (a member of the clergy) to exercise clerical functions.