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inhibit
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🇺🇸 /ˌɪnhˈɪbʌt/
动词,表示压住、限制某种行为或发展;在菲律宾英语中也可指回避某项案件或事务。
💡 记忆钩子
把某种力量“按在里面、不让它放开”:人可以被约束,行动和发展也会受到抑制;在菲律宾英语的特殊用法中,则是把自己从某个案件或事务中“按住退出”,即主动回避。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握“抑制、约束”这一核心义,不要把 inhibit 一律理解成“禁止”;它通常强调使某事受到压制,而不是彻底不准发生。
- “回避”义带有明显的地域限制,阅读菲律宾英语材料时再单独记忆即可。
📖 中文释义
verb
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core 抑制;约束📖 指压住或限制某人、某种行为或某项发展,使它不能充分展开,但不一定完全停止。可以把它想成有一只手把某种力量按住,不让它自由释放。💡 常见结构是“inhibit + 行为、能力或发展”,例如表示抑制创造力、自由或反应;也可说“inhibit someone from doing something”。它通常用于较正式的说明或分析语境,宾语多是抽象事物;不要误用成表示明令禁止的词。transitiveStrict rules can inhibit creativity.严格的规定可能会抑制创造力。Fear inhibited him from speaking openly.恐惧使他不敢坦率地发言。
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rare 回避案件或事务📖 在菲律宾英语中,指有关人员主动回避某个案件或事务,不参与处理;这是从“把自己按住、退出其中”的核心意象发展出的地域性用法。💡 通常用于“inhibit oneself”或直接表示某人回避某个案件、事务的语境。这个用法限于菲律宾英语,其他英语语境中更常用表示“回避”的专门词;学习普通英语时不应把它当作 inhibit 的常规义。Philippines
inhibits
present,singular,third-person
inhibiting
participle,present
inhibited
participle,past
inhibited
past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 4 组
prohibit, forbid, or prevent from doing something
同义词集:
inhibit
Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs
上位: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent
make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally
同义词集:
inhibit
his father's cold and distant demeanor inhibited him emotionally
上位: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset
consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior;
同义词集:
inhibit
bottle up
suppress
suppress a smile
he let his anger bottle up until he exploded
下位: choke, dampen, muffle, repress, smother, stifle, strangle
limit, block, or decrease the action or function of;
同义词集:
inhibit
inhibit the action of the enzyme
inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction
上位: hinder, impede
🌳 词源
源自拉丁语 inhibitus,原义是“ удерж住、阻止、约束”;词源上可理解为“把某物握在里面”。
From Latin inhibitus, perfect passive participle of inhibeō (“to hold in, check, restrain”), from in (“in, at, on”), + habeō (“to have, hold, keep”).
🔄 变式
inhibited
past
inhibiting
present
inhibits
present
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