inhibition
英 [ɪn(h)ɪ'bɪʃ(ə)n]
美[ˌɪnhɪˈbɪʃn]
- n. 抑制；压抑；禁止
英英释意
- 1. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
- 2. the quality of being inhibited
- 3. (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part;
- "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve"
- 4. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof);
- "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"
- "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"
- "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"