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inhibited 音標拼音: [ɪnh'ɪbətɪd] 禁止的 禁止的 inhibited adj 1: held back or restrained or prevented; " in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear" [ ant: { uninhibited}] Inhibit \ In* hib" it\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Inhibited}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Inhibiting}.] [ L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref. in- in habere to have, hold. See { Habit}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder. [ 1913 Webster] Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by the objects without them. -- Bentley. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict. [ 1913 Webster] All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament. -- Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster] Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one. -- Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Chem., Biochem.) To cause the rate of ( a chemical or biochemical reaction) to proceed slower, or to halt; as, vitamin C inhibits oxidation; penicillins inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis. [ PJC] 4. To restrain ( a behavior) by a mechanism involving conscious or unconscious motivations. [ PJC]
inhibited \ inhibited\ adj. 1. held back or restrained or prevented; as, in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear; -- of behaviors. Opposite of { uninhibited}. [ Narrower terms: { pent- up, repressed ; { stifled, strangled, suppressed ] Also See: { reserved}, { restrained}. [ WordNet 1. 5] 2. Having a hesitancy or reluctance to exhibit normal emotional reactions; -- of people; as, he was too inhibited to make friends easily. [ PJC] 29 Moby Thesaurus words for " inhibited": abashed, arrested, bridled, cold, constrained, controlled, curbed, embarrassed, guarded, in check, in leading strings, in remission, on leash, passionless, pent- up, repressed, reserved, restrained, retarded, reticent, self- conscious, shy, slowed down, under control, under discipline, under restraint, undersexed, unresponsive, uptight
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