inhibition
noun /ˌɪnhɪˈbɪʃn/, /ˌɪnɪˈbɪʃn/
/ˌɪnhɪˈbɪʃn/, /ˌɪnɪˈbɪʃn/
- [countable, uncountable] a shy or nervous feeling that stops you from expressing your real thoughts or feelings
拘谨;拘束感 - The children were shy at first, but soon lost their inhibitions.
孩子们起初很羞涩,但很快就放开了。 - She had no inhibitions about making her opinions known.
她敢于公开地谈论自己的想法。
Topics Feelingsc2- They had no inhibitions about voicing their feelings.
他们在表达自己感受方面毫无顾忌。 - Young children will participate in a drama class without inhibition.
小孩子参加戏剧班往往毫不拘谨。 - an inhibition against certain behaviour
对某种行为的约束
Collocations Dictionaryverb + inhibition- have (no)
- show (no)
- lose
- …
- without inhibition
- inhibition about
- The children were shy at first, but soon lost their inhibitions.
- [uncountable] (formal) the act of limiting or preventing a process or an action
阻止;抑制;禁止 - the inhibition of growth
对生长的抑制
- the inhibition of growth
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘forbidding, a prohibition’): from Latin inhibitio(n-), from the verb inhibere ‘hinder’, from in- ‘in’ + habere ‘hold’.