0 to prevent someone from doing something by making them feel nervous or embarrassed :
1 to take an action that makes something less likely to happen, or that discourages someone from doing something:
2 to prevent something from developing in the way or at the rate that is possible:
inhibit competition/growth/innovation Authorities fear that fewer, bigger airlines will inhibit competition.
Addition of minocycline to cultures reduced but did not completely inhibit activation of this pathway.
A common language often constrains one's thinking, thereby inhibiting the development of radically new models.
She therefore speculated that these students were not experiencing sufficient levels of anxiety to inhibit their performance.
This characteristic also inhibits development of pronounced vertical zonation of the magma body.
However, the use of such a powerful intervention may inhibit visits for milder diseases, possibly resulting in aggravation of the disease.
It is clear that both parafoveal and more peripheral representations contain cells both weakly and strongly inhibited by large stimuli.
It may be that maltreated girls tend toward inhibiting emotion and, as a result, are less likely to engage in such externally directed dysregulated behaviors.
The component best able to represent the domain is given "sole rights" to it, and the other components are inhibited.
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使…拘謹, 使…有顧忌, 抑制…
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使…拘谨, 使…有顾忌, 抑制…
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inhibir, impedir, cohibir…
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~を抑制する, (人)に~させないようにする…
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yavaşlatmak, engellemek, dizginlemek…
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inhiber, entraver, empêcher (qqn de)…
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inhibir, impedir, cohibir…
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