inhibit
verb- inhibit something (formal)
to prevent something from happening or make it happen more slowly or less frequently than normal 阻止；阻礙；抑制 A lack of oxygen may inhibit brain development in the unborn child. 缺氧可能阻礙胎兒的大腦發育。 Financial considerations are inhibiting access to higher education. 經濟上的考慮阻礙了接受高等教育的機會。 Alcohol significantly inhibits the action of the drug. 酒精大大地抑制了藥效。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- greatly
- markedly
- seriously
- …
- tend to
- from
- inhibit somebody (from something/from doing something)
to make somebody nervous or embarrassed so that they are unable to do something 使拘束；使尴尬 The managing director's presence inhibited them from airing their problems. 總經理的在場使他們不便暢談他們的問題。 The fear of dismissal inhibited employees from raising problems. 員工們懼怕遭解僱，所以不敢生事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- greatly
- markedly
- seriously
- …
- tend to
- from
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘forbid (a person) to do something’): from Latin inhibere ‘hinder’, from in- ‘in’ + habere ‘hold’.