1 to prevent sth or make sth happen more slowly 阻止；抑制: a drug to inhibit the growth of tumours 抑制肿瘤生长的药物

2 inhibit sb (from sth/from doing sth) to make sb nervous and embarrassed so that he/she is unable to do sth 约束；使拘束: The fact that her boss was there inhibited her from saying what she really felt. 她的老板在场，所以她很拘束，不敢说心里话。 ➔inhibited adj The young man felt shy and inhibited in the roomful of women. 在满屋子的女人面前，这个小伙子又害羞又拘谨。 [OPP] uninhibited 反义词为uninhibited