inhibit
单词辨析：
指忍住不做某事，常后接介词 from。
He refrained from smoking.
他忍住不吸烟。
For losing weight, she refrained from eating chocolate after supper.
为了减肥，她强忍着在晚饭后不吃巧克力。
指因意识到不对而忍住不做某事或克制感情，也指阻止不好的事情恶化或继续发生。
They had to check the urge to laugh out loud, not wanting to upset Susan.
他们只得憋住不让自己大声笑出来，以免惹苏珊不开心。
Adequate measures have been taken to check the growth in crime.
已经采取适当的措施来阻止犯罪率上升。
It is important to check the growth of public spending.
控制公共开支的增长很重要。
指为了防止造成有害的影响而控制或约束某事物。
The government immediately took measures to curb the spread of the virus.
政府立刻采取措施控制病毒的扩散。
The policies to curb inflation have worked.
控制通货膨胀的政策见效了。
指妨碍某事物发展。
Too much time in front of the TV may inhibit children's learning.
看电视太多可能会妨碍儿童的学习。
Enough alcohol may inhibit the excitatory parts of the brain.
足够的酒精可能会抑制大脑中起兴奋作用的组织。
含义广泛，常指以武力阻止某人做某事，也指克制情绪、行为或控制、限制某事物。
The suspect had to be restrained by the police.
警察只好强行制住嫌疑人。
He restrained a feeling of annoyance, although his girlfriend was late again.
尽管女朋友又一次迟到，他还是忍住没发脾气。
She could barely restrain from crying in front of her best friend.
她差点就忍不住在最好的朋友面前大哭。
What factors could restrain consumer spending?
哪些因素会抑制消费支出？
相关例句：
Results: Caffeic acid Ge could induced H22 cells apoptosis and inhibit telomerase activity by different concentrations.
结果：咖啡酸锗能诱导H22细胞凋亡以及抑制端粒酶的活性，并与药物浓度有关。
Yam water extraction fluid still can eliminate urinary protein to mutant cell, can inhibit of effects.
山药水提液还可消除尿蛋白，对突变细胞具有抑制产生的作用。
The adducts disturb the structure of DNA and inhibit DNA replication.
加合物的形成扰乱了DNA模板的结构，抑制了DNA复制。
Officers will be inhibited from doing their duty.
官员们将无法履行职责。
Both have been shown to inhibit DNA synthesis and arrest fibroblast growth without apoptosis and thus preserve the cytoarchitecture.
两者都显示在无细胞凋亡情况下，能抑制DNA合成并阻止成纤维细胞生长，因此可以保护细胞结构。
Conclusion Oligochitosan can inhibit growth and metastasis of tumor, and enhance expression of cytokines associated with macrophage.
结论壳寡糖具有良好抑制肿瘤生长和转移的作用。壳寡糖可增强巨噬细胞相关的细胞因子表达。