v.抑制；阻止；使不能
You should inhibit wrong desires and impulses. 你应当抑制不正当的欲望和行动。
These compounds inhibit microbial growth. 这些化合物能抑制微生物的生长。
Why didn't you inhibit him from doing that? 为何你不阻止他做那种事?
They passed a law to inhibit people from parking in the street. 他们通过一项法令以阻止人们在街上停车。
His embarrassment inhibited him from talking to her. 困窘使他无法和她谈话。
inhibit的基本意思是“阻止”“禁止”,指当局颁布近似禁律而禁止,也指某一种特定形势或特定时期的需要而“禁止”,还可指人因心理障碍而产生的抑制或因人的意志与外部环境相互作用而产生的抑制,即“压制”。
inhibit只用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,其后常接介词from。
