Definition of inhibit in English:

inhibit

verbinhibits, inhibiting, inhibited ɪnˈhɪbɪtɪnˈhɪbɪt

1with object Hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process)
阻碍，制止，防止（动作，过程）
cold inhibits plant growth
寒冷抑制植物生长。
Example sentencesExamples
- It does inhibit the rusting process, at least for six months or so.
- The federal government stepped in with safety requirements that essentially eliminated the daredevil antics, but didn't inhibit the growth of passenger airlines.
- Secondly, it inhibits processes of local technological learning essential for development.
- For example, beet and rape support more biodiversity than maize (which is much taller, inhibiting the growth of weeds beneath).
- Unfortunately, this process is often inhibited by the idea that somehow we are not supposed to make mistakes, that mistakes are bad.
- But this failure to take responsibility inhibits the learning process.
- Public provision of social security assistance could become less important if governments remove policies inhibiting innovation or restraining growth.
- None of these problems is critical, but they all act to inhibit the process of renewing Australia's economic infrastructure.
- It is inhibiting institutional growth and diversification.
- Tight ‘influx’ controls were designed to check urban growth and inhibit the development of a black urban working class.
- This is especially true of environmental issues, whose regulation may require modification of economic policies and be perceived as inhibiting development and growth.
- It also can induce an early turn of the hand at the release point, and hinder and inhibit a clean, smooth follow-through.
- But while businesses in other areas highlight finance and skills shortages as factors inhibiting growth, nearly one-third of firms in York and North Yorkshire said inadequate transport infrastructure was a major stumbling block.
- ‘In big companies, there can be a lot of layers that inhibit the creative process,’ she says, explaining her decision to strike out on her own.
- Many developing nations, on the other, argue that intellectual property rights inhibit economic development by restricting use of existing knowledge.
- This chemical is a growth regulator that inhibits the molting process in grasshoppers.
- The failures are used as a key to understanding the underlying mental processes that inhibit development.
- My concern remains that an authority like the Restatement inhibits this evolutionary process - though I could be wrong about this.
- It also inhibits the thickening of grass, which usually happens in September and October.
- The size and weight of early equipment, as well as technical difficulties and financial restraints, inhibited the development of radio communications between the wars.
Synonyms
impede, hinder, hamper, hold back, discourage, interfere with, obstruct, put a brake on, slow, slow down, retard
curb, check, suppress, repress, restrict, restrain, constrain, bridle, rein in, shackle, fetter, cramp, baulk, frustrate, arrest, stifle, smother, prevent, block, thwart, foil, quash, stop, halt, put an end/stop to, nip in the bud
1. 1.1 Prevent or prohibit (someone) from doing something.
  阻止，禁止
  the earnings rule inhibited some retired people from working
  收入法规禁止一些退休人员工作。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Later they said that the presence of the live TV cameras inhibited them from taking aggressive measures to end the ordeal.
  Break it up, and let us staff it with people who care about what they do, and do not have to bow and scrape to a Government bureaucracy that inhibits them from being as constructive as they possibly can be.
  Such a situation inhibits us from engaging the prayer book for what it is as a treasury of public prayer which we should be able to use intelligently and not merely by rote.
  This reason is cited by 15 percent of respondents as a factor which either has or will inhibit them from seeing a psychotherapist.
  We need to escape from our food culture, which inhibits us from creating and reaching out to a better future.
2. 1.2Biochemistry Physiology (of a substance) slow down or prevent (a process, reaction, or function) or reduce the activity of (an enzyme or other agent).
  〔主生理，主生化〕（主要指药物等物质）抑制（过程，反应，官能）；降低（酶等）的活性
  Example sentencesExamples
  All nerve agents act by inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, which breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.
  Finally inclusion of EDTA in the reaction mixture inhibited the binding reaction suggesting that the divalent cations are essential for this binding activity.
  Drugs inhibiting the enzyme would prevent cell death, the goal in treating stroke and neurodegenerative diseases.
  Unlike liquid extracted from other varieties of citrus, grapefruit juice can inhibit enzyme reactions in the gut.
  If the restriction enzyme activities were inhibited, the DNA fragment would not be cleaved and should be seen in its original size on the gel.
2Make (someone) self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way.
使窘迫，使不知所措
they felt inhibited by the presence of healthcare professionals
Example sentencesExamples
- But if that apprehension is so severe it inhibits you, forget about it.
- I can't ice skate on my own, if someone else holds on to me with their little finger I'm fine, I'm definitely inhibited by too much thought.
- You are easily inhibited by setbacks, and you seek projects that don't require minute accountability.
- Nor can you allow his prior experience to inhibit you, since it does not put you at a disadvantage in any way that really matters.
- Her stammer inhibited her but she had one ace up her sleeve.
- That one looked like he would like very much to be drunk, but obviously he was inhibited by the presence of his superior officer.
- Grim-faced, head bowed and muttering to himself, Owen walked straight on, allowing the warm Madrid night to swallow him up along with whatever dark thoughts inhibited him.
- Moreover, rather than inhibiting her, marriage permits her to yield to passion.
- You could dress it in superhero costumes, fantasize scenarios in which it pulls off epic feats, and use it to help you escape the imaginary constraints that have been inhibiting you lately.
- Methinks that my fear of not being able to get out again once I did go through inhibited me.
- You hope that if he was inhibited at all by Barry's presence then he will feel more free in himself and in his playing.
- It merely inhibits him and irritates his dangerous psychological condition.
- That is totally unnecessary and may inhibit you.
- Bluffly outgoing, infallibly at ease in large groups, he seemed inhibited by screen intimacy.
- Seles still won, but the publicity inhibited her.
3(in ecclesiastical law) forbid (a member of the clergy) to exercise clerical functions.
（教会法用语）禁止（神职人员）司神职

Derivatives

inhibitive

adjective

In Canada and in America, if you get caught dumping toxic waste in a river, or you clear-cut an area you weren't supposed to clear-cut, you're often fined, but the fine isn't necessarily all that inhibitive.
Example sentencesExamples
- This is a major inhibitive factor in letting them draw appropriate benefit from these new technologies.
- It is contended that the subconscious mind takes a more active role, and your naturally inhibitive conscious mind takes the back seat.
- I have always found closed stacks to be inhibitive of my learning process.
- Scientists also found that it continued to have its inhibitive effect for a week, whereas black tea's enzyme-inhibiting properties lasted for only one day.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'forbid (a person) to do something'): from Latin inhibere 'hinder', from in- 'in' + habere 'hold'.

Rhymes

adhibit, exhibit, gibbet, prohibit

Definition of inhibit in US English:

inhibit

verbɪnˈhɪbɪtinˈhibit

[with object]

1Hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process)
阻碍，制止，防止（动作，过程）
cold inhibits plant growth
寒冷抑制植物生长。
Example sentencesExamples
- It is inhibiting institutional growth and diversification.
- The federal government stepped in with safety requirements that essentially eliminated the daredevil antics, but didn't inhibit the growth of passenger airlines.
- Unfortunately, this process is often inhibited by the idea that somehow we are not supposed to make mistakes, that mistakes are bad.
- It does inhibit the rusting process, at least for six months or so.
- For example, beet and rape support more biodiversity than maize (which is much taller, inhibiting the growth of weeds beneath).
- ‘In big companies, there can be a lot of layers that inhibit the creative process,’ she says, explaining her decision to strike out on her own.
- My concern remains that an authority like the Restatement inhibits this evolutionary process - though I could be wrong about this.
- Many developing nations, on the other, argue that intellectual property rights inhibit economic development by restricting use of existing knowledge.
- Public provision of social security assistance could become less important if governments remove policies inhibiting innovation or restraining growth.
- The failures are used as a key to understanding the underlying mental processes that inhibit development.
- But while businesses in other areas highlight finance and skills shortages as factors inhibiting growth, nearly one-third of firms in York and North Yorkshire said inadequate transport infrastructure was a major stumbling block.
- It also can induce an early turn of the hand at the release point, and hinder and inhibit a clean, smooth follow-through.
- Secondly, it inhibits processes of local technological learning essential for development.
- The size and weight of early equipment, as well as technical difficulties and financial restraints, inhibited the development of radio communications between the wars.
- This chemical is a growth regulator that inhibits the molting process in grasshoppers.
- This is especially true of environmental issues, whose regulation may require modification of economic policies and be perceived as inhibiting development and growth.
- But this failure to take responsibility inhibits the learning process.
- It also inhibits the thickening of grass, which usually happens in September and October.
- None of these problems is critical, but they all act to inhibit the process of renewing Australia's economic infrastructure.
- Tight ‘influx’ controls were designed to check urban growth and inhibit the development of a black urban working class.
Synonyms
impede, hinder, hamper, hold back, discourage, interfere with, obstruct, put a brake on, slow, slow down, retard
1. 1.1 Prevent or prohibit (someone) from doing something.
  阻止，禁止
  the earnings rule inhibited some retired people from working
  收入法规禁止一些退休人员工作。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Later they said that the presence of the live TV cameras inhibited them from taking aggressive measures to end the ordeal.
  Such a situation inhibits us from engaging the prayer book for what it is as a treasury of public prayer which we should be able to use intelligently and not merely by rote.
  Break it up, and let us staff it with people who care about what they do, and do not have to bow and scrape to a Government bureaucracy that inhibits them from being as constructive as they possibly can be.
  This reason is cited by 15 percent of respondents as a factor which either has or will inhibit them from seeing a psychotherapist.
  We need to escape from our food culture, which inhibits us from creating and reaching out to a better future.
2. 1.2Psychology Voluntarily or involuntarily restrain the direct expression of (an instinctive impulse).
  Example sentencesExamples
  Eventually dyspareunia inhibits sexual interest as well as responsiveness.
  Normally, we all inhibit our sexual desires because we fear that we'll be rejected or that we'll overwhelm or otherwise hurt the other person.
  I found the discussion of possible physiological mechanisms that inhibit sexual desire in women particularly interesting.
  The patient is in a panic mode and cannot be counted on to inhibit any impulses.
  Relationally victimized children also report more self-restraint problems than their peers, including more difficulty inhibiting anger and greater impulsivity.
3. 1.3Biochemistry Physiology (chiefly of a drug or other substance) slow down or prevent (a process, reaction, or function) or reduce the activity of (an enzyme or other agent).
  〔主生理，主生化〕（主要指药物等物质）抑制（过程，反应，官能）；降低（酶等）的活性
  Example sentencesExamples
  All nerve agents act by inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, which breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.
  Finally inclusion of EDTA in the reaction mixture inhibited the binding reaction suggesting that the divalent cations are essential for this binding activity.
  Unlike liquid extracted from other varieties of citrus, grapefruit juice can inhibit enzyme reactions in the gut.
  If the restriction enzyme activities were inhibited, the DNA fragment would not be cleaved and should be seen in its original size on the gel.
  Drugs inhibiting the enzyme would prevent cell death, the goal in treating stroke and neurodegenerative diseases.
2Make (someone) self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way.
使窘迫，使不知所措
his mother's strictures would always inhibit him
他母亲的责难总让他发窘。
Example sentencesExamples
- Nor can you allow his prior experience to inhibit you, since it does not put you at a disadvantage in any way that really matters.
- Seles still won, but the publicity inhibited her.
- Grim-faced, head bowed and muttering to himself, Owen walked straight on, allowing the warm Madrid night to swallow him up along with whatever dark thoughts inhibited him.
- That is totally unnecessary and may inhibit you.
- But if that apprehension is so severe it inhibits you, forget about it.
- Methinks that my fear of not being able to get out again once I did go through inhibited me.
- Bluffly outgoing, infallibly at ease in large groups, he seemed inhibited by screen intimacy.
- That one looked like he would like very much to be drunk, but obviously he was inhibited by the presence of his superior officer.
- You hope that if he was inhibited at all by Barry's presence then he will feel more free in himself and in his playing.
- You are easily inhibited by setbacks, and you seek projects that don't require minute accountability.
- I can't ice skate on my own, if someone else holds on to me with their little finger I'm fine, I'm definitely inhibited by too much thought.
- Moreover, rather than inhibiting her, marriage permits her to yield to passion.
- Her stammer inhibited her but she had one ace up her sleeve.
- It merely inhibits him and irritates his dangerous psychological condition.
- You could dress it in superhero costumes, fantasize scenarios in which it pulls off epic feats, and use it to help you escape the imaginary constraints that have been inhibiting you lately.
3(in ecclesiastical law) forbid (a member of the clergy) to exercise clerical functions.
（教会法用语）禁止（神职人员）司神职

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘forbid (a person) to do something’): from Latin inhibere ‘hinder’, from in- ‘in’ + habere ‘hold’.

词汇	inhibit
释义	Definition of inhibit in English: inhibit verbinhibits, inhibiting, inhibited ɪnˈhɪbɪtɪnˈhɪbɪt 1with object Hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process) 阻碍，制止，防止（动作，过程） cold inhibits plant growth 寒冷抑制植物生长。 Example sentencesExamples It does inhibit the rusting process, at least for six months or so. The federal government stepped in with safety requirements that essentially eliminated the daredevil antics, but didn't inhibit the growth of passenger airlines. Secondly, it inhibits processes of local technological learning essential for development. For example, beet and rape support more biodiversity than maize (which is much taller, inhibiting the growth of weeds beneath). Unfortunately, this process is often inhibited by the idea that somehow we are not supposed to make mistakes, that mistakes are bad. But this failure to take responsibility inhibits the learning process. Public provision of social security assistance could become less important if governments remove policies inhibiting innovation or restraining growth. None of these problems is critical, but they all act to inhibit the process of renewing Australia's economic infrastructure. It is inhibiting institutional growth and diversification. Tight ‘influx’ controls were designed to check urban growth and inhibit the development of a black urban working class. This is especially true of environmental issues, whose regulation may require modification of economic policies and be perceived as inhibiting development and growth. It also can induce an early turn of the hand at the release point, and hinder and inhibit a clean, smooth follow-through. But while businesses in other areas highlight finance and skills shortages as factors inhibiting growth, nearly one-third of firms in York and North Yorkshire said inadequate transport infrastructure was a major stumbling block. ‘In big companies, there can be a lot of layers that inhibit the creative process,’ she says, explaining her decision to strike out on her own. Many developing nations, on the other, argue that intellectual property rights inhibit economic development by restricting use of existing knowledge. This chemical is a growth regulator that inhibits the molting process in grasshoppers. The failures are used as a key to understanding the underlying mental processes that inhibit development. My concern remains that an authority like the Restatement inhibits this evolutionary process - though I could be wrong about this. It also inhibits the thickening of grass, which usually happens in September and October. The size and weight of early equipment, as well as technical difficulties and financial restraints, inhibited the development of radio communications between the wars. Synonyms impede, hinder, hamper, hold back, discourage, interfere with, obstruct, put a brake on, slow, slow down, retard curb, check, suppress, repress, restrict, restrain, constrain, bridle, rein in, shackle, fetter, cramp, baulk, frustrate, arrest, stifle, smother, prevent, block, thwart, foil, quash, stop, halt, put an end/stop to, nip in the bud 1.1 Prevent or prohibit (someone) from doing something. 阻止，禁止 the earnings rule inhibited some retired people from working 收入法规禁止一些退休人员工作。 Example sentencesExamples Later they said that the presence of the live TV cameras inhibited them from taking aggressive measures to end the ordeal. Break it up, and let us staff it with people who care about what they do, and do not have to bow and scrape to a Government bureaucracy that inhibits them from being as constructive as they possibly can be. Such a situation inhibits us from engaging the prayer book for what it is as a treasury of public prayer which we should be able to use intelligently and not merely by rote. This reason is cited by 15 percent of respondents as a factor which either has or will inhibit them from seeing a psychotherapist. We need to escape from our food culture, which inhibits us from creating and reaching out to a better future. 1.2Biochemistry Physiology (of a substance) slow down or prevent (a process, reaction, or function) or reduce the activity of (an enzyme or other agent). 〔主生理，主生化〕（主要指药物等物质）抑制（过程，反应，官能）；降低（酶等）的活性 Example sentencesExamples All nerve agents act by inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, which breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Finally inclusion of EDTA in the reaction mixture inhibited the binding reaction suggesting that the divalent cations are essential for this binding activity. Drugs inhibiting the enzyme would prevent cell death, the goal in treating stroke and neurodegenerative diseases. Unlike liquid extracted from other varieties of citrus, grapefruit juice can inhibit enzyme reactions in the gut. If the restriction enzyme activities were inhibited, the DNA fragment would not be cleaved and should be seen in its original size on the gel. 2Make (someone) self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way. 使窘迫，使不知所措 they felt inhibited by the presence of healthcare professionals Example sentencesExamples But if that apprehension is so severe it inhibits you, forget about it. I can't ice skate on my own, if someone else holds on to me with their little finger I'm fine, I'm definitely inhibited by too much thought. You are easily inhibited by setbacks, and you seek projects that don't require minute accountability. Nor can you allow his prior experience to inhibit you, since it does not put you at a disadvantage in any way that really matters. Her stammer inhibited her but she had one ace up her sleeve. That one looked like he would like very much to be drunk, but obviously he was inhibited by the presence of his superior officer. Grim-faced, head bowed and muttering to himself, Owen walked straight on, allowing the warm Madrid night to swallow him up along with whatever dark thoughts inhibited him. Moreover, rather than inhibiting her, marriage permits her to yield to passion. You could dress it in superhero costumes, fantasize scenarios in which it pulls off epic feats, and use it to help you escape the imaginary constraints that have been inhibiting you lately. Methinks that my fear of not being able to get out again once I did go through inhibited me. You hope that if he was inhibited at all by Barry's presence then he will feel more free in himself and in his playing. It merely inhibits him and irritates his dangerous psychological condition. That is totally unnecessary and may inhibit you. Bluffly outgoing, infallibly at ease in large groups, he seemed inhibited by screen intimacy. Seles still won, but the publicity inhibited her. 3(in ecclesiastical law) forbid (a member of the clergy) to exercise clerical functions. （教会法用语）禁止（神职人员）司神职 Derivatives inhibitive adjective In Canada and in America, if you get caught dumping toxic waste in a river, or you clear-cut an area you weren't supposed to clear-cut, you're often fined, but the fine isn't necessarily all that inhibitive. Example sentencesExamples This is a major inhibitive factor in letting them draw appropriate benefit from these new technologies. It is contended that the subconscious mind takes a more active role, and your naturally inhibitive conscious mind takes the back seat. I have always found closed stacks to be inhibitive of my learning process. Scientists also found that it continued to have its inhibitive effect for a week, whereas black tea's enzyme-inhibiting properties lasted for only one day. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'forbid (a person) to do something'): from Latin inhibere 'hinder', from in- 'in' + habere 'hold'. Rhymes adhibit, exhibit, gibbet, prohibit Definition of inhibit in US English: inhibit verbɪnˈhɪbɪtinˈhibit [with object] 1Hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process) 阻碍，制止，防止（动作，过程） cold inhibits plant growth 寒冷抑制植物生长。 Example sentencesExamples It is inhibiting institutional growth and diversification. The federal government stepped in with safety requirements that essentially eliminated the daredevil antics, but didn't inhibit the growth of passenger airlines. Unfortunately, this process is often inhibited by the idea that somehow we are not supposed to make mistakes, that mistakes are bad. It does inhibit the rusting process, at least for six months or so. For example, beet and rape support more biodiversity than maize (which is much taller, inhibiting the growth of weeds beneath). ‘In big companies, there can be a lot of layers that inhibit the creative process,’ she says, explaining her decision to strike out on her own. My concern remains that an authority like the Restatement inhibits this evolutionary process - though I could be wrong about this. Many developing nations, on the other, argue that intellectual property rights inhibit economic development by restricting use of existing knowledge. Public provision of social security assistance could become less important if governments remove policies inhibiting innovation or restraining growth. The failures are used as a key to understanding the underlying mental processes that inhibit development. But while businesses in other areas highlight finance and skills shortages as factors inhibiting growth, nearly one-third of firms in York and North Yorkshire said inadequate transport infrastructure was a major stumbling block. It also can induce an early turn of the hand at the release point, and hinder and inhibit a clean, smooth follow-through. Secondly, it inhibits processes of local technological learning essential for development. The size and weight of early equipment, as well as technical difficulties and financial restraints, inhibited the development of radio communications between the wars. This chemical is a growth regulator that inhibits the molting process in grasshoppers. This is especially true of environmental issues, whose regulation may require modification of economic policies and be perceived as inhibiting development and growth. But this failure to take responsibility inhibits the learning process. It also inhibits the thickening of grass, which usually happens in September and October. None of these problems is critical, but they all act to inhibit the process of renewing Australia's economic infrastructure. Tight ‘influx’ controls were designed to check urban growth and inhibit the development of a black urban working class. Synonyms impede, hinder, hamper, hold back, discourage, interfere with, obstruct, put a brake on, slow, slow down, retard 1.1 Prevent or prohibit (someone) from doing something. 阻止，禁止 the earnings rule inhibited some retired people from working 收入法规禁止一些退休人员工作。 Example sentencesExamples Later they said that the presence of the live TV cameras inhibited them from taking aggressive measures to end the ordeal. Such a situation inhibits us from engaging the prayer book for what it is as a treasury of public prayer which we should be able to use intelligently and not merely by rote. Break it up, and let us staff it with people who care about what they do, and do not have to bow and scrape to a Government bureaucracy that inhibits them from being as constructive as they possibly can be. This reason is cited by 15 percent of respondents as a factor which either has or will inhibit them from seeing a psychotherapist. We need to escape from our food culture, which inhibits us from creating and reaching out to a better future. 1.2Psychology Voluntarily or involuntarily restrain the direct expression of (an instinctive impulse). Example sentencesExamples Eventually dyspareunia inhibits sexual interest as well as responsiveness. Normally, we all inhibit our sexual desires because we fear that we'll be rejected or that we'll overwhelm or otherwise hurt the other person. I found the discussion of possible physiological mechanisms that inhibit sexual desire in women particularly interesting. The patient is in a panic mode and cannot be counted on to inhibit any impulses. Relationally victimized children also report more self-restraint problems than their peers, including more difficulty inhibiting anger and greater impulsivity. 1.3Biochemistry Physiology (chiefly of a drug or other substance) slow down or prevent (a process, reaction, or function) or reduce the activity of (an enzyme or other agent). 〔主生理，主生化〕（主要指药物等物质）抑制（过程，反应，官能）；降低（酶等）的活性 Example sentencesExamples All nerve agents act by inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, which breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Finally inclusion of EDTA in the reaction mixture inhibited the binding reaction suggesting that the divalent cations are essential for this binding activity. Unlike liquid extracted from other varieties of citrus, grapefruit juice can inhibit enzyme reactions in the gut. If the restriction enzyme activities were inhibited, the DNA fragment would not be cleaved and should be seen in its original size on the gel. Drugs inhibiting the enzyme would prevent cell death, the goal in treating stroke and neurodegenerative diseases. 2Make (someone) self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way. 使窘迫，使不知所措 his mother's strictures would always inhibit him 他母亲的责难总让他发窘。 Example sentencesExamples Nor can you allow his prior experience to inhibit you, since it does not put you at a disadvantage in any way that really matters. Seles still won, but the publicity inhibited her. Grim-faced, head bowed and muttering to himself, Owen walked straight on, allowing the warm Madrid night to swallow him up along with whatever dark thoughts inhibited him. That is totally unnecessary and may inhibit you. But if that apprehension is so severe it inhibits you, forget about it. Methinks that my fear of not being able to get out again once I did go through inhibited me. Bluffly outgoing, infallibly at ease in large groups, he seemed inhibited by screen intimacy. That one looked like he would like very much to be drunk, but obviously he was inhibited by the presence of his superior officer. You hope that if he was inhibited at all by Barry's presence then he will feel more free in himself and in his playing. You are easily inhibited by setbacks, and you seek projects that don't require minute accountability. I can't ice skate on my own, if someone else holds on to me with their little finger I'm fine, I'm definitely inhibited by too much thought. Moreover, rather than inhibiting her, marriage permits her to yield to passion. Her stammer inhibited her but she had one ace up her sleeve. It merely inhibits him and irritates his dangerous psychological condition. You could dress it in superhero costumes, fantasize scenarios in which it pulls off epic feats, and use it to help you escape the imaginary constraints that have been inhibiting you lately. 3(in ecclesiastical law) forbid (a member of the clergy) to exercise clerical functions. （教会法用语）禁止（神职人员）司神职 Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘forbid (a person) to do something’): from Latin inhibere ‘hinder’, from in- ‘in’ + habere ‘hold’.
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