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in·hib·it /ɪnˈhɪbət/
(vt.)禁止,抑制(vi.)有禁止力
in·hib·it /ɪnˈhɪbət/ 及物動詞
inhibit
禁止
In·hib·it v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhibiting.]
1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by the objects without them. --Bentley.
2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament. --Clarendon.
Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one. --Ayliffe.
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inhibit
v 1: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent
uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's
desires" [syn: suppress, stamp down, subdue, conquer,
curb]
2: limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was
inhibited by strict social customs"