late 14c., "formal prohibition; interdiction of legal proceedings by authority;" also, the document setting forth such a prohibition, from Old French inibicion and directly from Latin inhibitionem (nominative inhibitio) "a restraining," from past participle stem of inhibere "to hold in, hold back, keep back," from in- "in, on" (see in- (2)) + habere "to hold" (see habit (n.)). Psychological sense of "involuntary check on an expression of an impulse" is from 1876.
双语例句
1. They behave with a total lack of inhibition.
他们表现得毫无顾忌。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Some drugs can cause the inhibition of normal bodily activity.
有些药剂会对正常的身体功能产生抑制作用.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. Inhibition in adulthood seems to be very clearly a reflection of a person's experiences as a child.
一个人成年期的情感压抑似乎很明显是其童年时期经历的反映。
来自柯林斯例句
4. This biochemical inhibition of feeding by animals or plants is called " allelopathy ".
这一生物化学上抑制动物或植物的取食被称谓 “ 他感作用 ”.
来自辞典例句
5. On most matters she's quite prepared to sound off without inhibition.
