1SHY[countableC, uncountableU] a feeling of shyness or embarrassment that stops you doing or saying what you really want 〔羞怯、窘迫造成的〕压抑,顾忌,拘谨
She had no inhibitions about saying what she felt.
她毫不顾忌地说出自己的感觉。
People tend to lose their inhibitions when they’ve drunk a lot of alcohol.
人们在喝多了酒之后往往会无所顾忌。
2[uncountableU] technical when something is restricted or prevented from happening or developing 压制,抑制(作用)
a marked inhibition of cell growth
对细胞生长的显著抑制
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inhibition• I was amazed at Sam's lack of inhibition about singing in public.• Alcohol can make you lose all your inhibitions - but you may regret this the next morning!
VERB + INHIBITION | PREPOSITIONVERB + INHIBITION➤have (no)(不)拘束▸➤show (no)(沒有)表現出拘謹▸➤lose, overcome, shed擺脫拘束感;克服拘謹◇The children, at first shy, soon lost their inhibitions.孩子們開始還比較羞怯,但很快就放開了。PREPOSITION➤without inhibition無拘無束◇Young children will participate in a drama class without inhibition.小孩子參加戲劇班往往毫不拘謹。➤inhibition about對⋯的顧忌◇They had no inhibitions about voicing their feelings.他們在表達自己感受方面毫無顧忌。