to prevent sth from happening or make it happen more slowly or less frequently than normal
A lack of oxygen may inhibit brain development in the unborn child.
缺氧可能阻碍胎儿的大脑发育。
The managing director's presence inhibited them from airing their problems.
总经理的在场使他们不便畅谈他们的问题。
1.抑制,约束
2.禁止,阻止
3.【宗】使停止教权
1.to make it difficult for a process to start or continue in a normal way; to make it difficult for someone to do something
2.to make someone feel too embarrassed or not confident enough to behave or speak in a normal way
1.American scientists and businessmen note enviously that religious and moral considerations do not seem to inhibit Indian biotechnologists.
美国科学家和商人有点嫉妒意味的指出，宗教和道义上的考量似乎并没有妨碍印度的生物学家们。
2."That gives us a real shot at developing a drug that will inhibit metastasis, " he said in a statement.
他在陈述中说道：“这将使我们集中精力开发一种可抑制转移的药物。”
3.The expression of genes that inhibit cancer development, so-called tumor suppressor genes, is often lost in tumor cells.
抑制癌症发生的基因即所谓的肿瘤抑制基因，其表达常在肿瘤细胞中缺失。
4.Keeping two or more dominant pairs in sight of one another may inhibit breeding.
保持两个或两个以上的优势，在对视线的一个另一个可能抑制滋生。
5.The results indicate that the addition of a nucleating agent and a thickening agent can inhibit supercooling and eliminate segregation.
结论是，加入成核剂和增稠剂能抑制过冷并消除分层。
6.Reflective processing can enhance or inhibit behavioral processing but has no direct access to visceral reactions.
反思处理过程可以增强或者约束行为处理过程，不过它和本能反应没有直接联系。
7.Antiseptic: Any of a variety of agents applied to living tissue to destroy or inhibit growth of infectious microorganisms.
人体消毒剂：用于消灭传染微生物或抑制其在生命组织中发育的药剂。
8.The scientists extracted proteins from pumpkin rinds to see if the proteins inhibit the growth of microbes, including Candida albicans C.
研究小组对南瓜外皮进行了蛋白提取，观察这些蛋白在抑制微生物生长方面的作用，包括白色念珠菌。
9.Research suggests that this natural extract may also inhibit the conversion of excess calories to body fat.
研究表明：这种天然提取物还可以抑制过剩热量转换成脂肪。
10.Look for those who enhance you, not inhibit you; who fertilise your mind and put the wind beneath your wings.
寻找能提高你，而不约束你的人；他们能丰富你的精神，并将能助你一臂之力。