vt.　阻止；抑制 hold back

　～ the impulses　抑制冲动
　～ the sales of winter clothing　影响了冬天衣着的销售
　～ the spread of the disease　抑制了疾病的蔓延
　～ the wrong desires　制止错误的想法
　～ accidentally　意外禁止
　～ appropriately　适当禁止
　～ arduously　艰难地禁止
　～ carefully　小心翼翼地禁止
　～ casually　偶尔禁止
　～ ceaselessly　不断地禁止
　～ conventionally　按常规禁止
　～ curiously　不寻常地禁止
　～ decisively　果断禁止
　～ deliberately　故意禁止
　～ dramatically　戏剧性地禁止
　～ episodically　偶尔地禁止
　～ essentially　本质上禁止
　～ everlastingly　永久地禁止
　～ exclusively〔utterly〕　完全地禁止
　～ flatly　断然禁止
　～ formally　正式禁止
　～ freely　随意禁止
　～ gradually　逐渐地禁止
　～ ignominiously　不光彩地禁止
　～ immediately　立即禁止
　～ impatiently　不耐烦地禁止
　～ inevitably　不可避免地禁止
　～ naturally　自然地禁止
　～ partially　局部地禁止
　～ powerfully　有力地禁止
　～ rapidly　迅速地禁止
　～ reluctantly　不情愿地禁止
　～ resolutely　果断地禁止
　～ righteously　理所当然地禁止
　～ rudely　无理地禁止
　～ ruthlessly　残忍地禁止
　～ satisfactorily　令人满意地禁止
　～ savagely　蛮横地禁止
　～ slowly　缓慢地禁止
　～ specially　特别禁止
　～ starkly〔strictly〕　严格禁止
　～ superficially　表面上禁止
　～ symbolically　象征性地禁止
　～ thoughtlessly　轻率地禁止
　～ unnecessarily　不必要地禁止
　～ from　禁止，阻止

　The mild weather has inhibited the sales of winter clothing.　暖和的天气影响了冬天衣着的销售。
　They have to inhibit wrong desires.　他们不得不制止错误的想法。
　His senses and reasons inhibited his wrong desires or impulses.　他的理智抑制了不正当的欲望或冲动。
　His presence inhibits me.　他的出现使我感到拘束。
　The new drug inhibited the spread of the disease.　新药抑制了疾病的蔓延。
　He seemed to have been inhibited in his work.　他的工作似乎已经被禁止了。
　Having been laughed at for his lameness, the boy became shy and inhibited.　那男孩因跛脚被人讥笑，变得羞怯而压抑。
　Fear of failure is an inhibiting factor for many people.　惧怕失败是约束很多人的一种因素。

 ♣ inhibit from　(v.+prep.)
　禁止，阻止　prevent sb from doing sth
　The doctor inhibited the patient from taking that medicine.　医生禁止病人吃那种药。
　Shyness inhibited her from speaking.　害羞使她怯于开口。
　Fear inhibits me from talking.　恐惧使我不敢讲话。
　His bad English inhibits him from speaking freely.　他英语学得不好，这使他不能表达自如。
　Nothing can inhibit Chinese people from modernizing their country.　什么也不能阻止中国人民进行现代化的进程。
　She was inhibited from making the decision to emigrate by the thought of her mother's loneliness.　她因担心母亲会感到孤独而不能作出移居国外的决定。