Inhibition



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 抑制, 阻止;抑制力
• ［英］ n. 抑制, 阻止 ( being inhibited)
• ［类］ abandon : inhibition / tranquillity : agitation ( 放纵不抑制 / 宁静不骚动)
• ［记］ in ( 里面) +hibit ( 拿住) +ion -> 在里面拿住 -> 抑制

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. the act of inhibiting ; the state of being inhibited
  • b. something that forbids, debars, or restricts
• 2. an inner impediment to free activity, expression, or functioning: as
  • a. a mental process imposing restraint upon behavior or another mental process (as a desire)
  • b. a restraining of the function of a bodily organ or an agent (as an enzyme)

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