refrain/check/curb/inhibit/restrain.导航词义：阻止

1. refrain:v. 克制，抑制.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。

2. check:v. 克制，阻碍，抑制.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。

3. curb:v. 控制，抑制.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。

4. inhibit:v. 阻止，抑制.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。

5. restrain:v. 阻止，克制，抑制.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？

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1·Sore nipples can inhibit the milk supply.

乳头疼痛可能抑制母乳分泌。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Authority doesn't have to inhibit innovation but it often does.

权威不一定要抑制创新，但它经常这样做。

3·Moving around throughout the day can inhibit a tendency to fidget and chatter.

一天内四处走动可以抑制你的烦躁和喋喋不休的谈话。

4·Positive emotions facilitate the creative aspects of learning and negative emotions inhibit it.

积极情绪促进学习的创造性，而消极情绪则会对其产生抑制作用。

5·It is simply a common variant of human nature, one which iconoclasts do not let inhibit their reactions.

这仅仅是人性的常见变化，而反传统的人不会让这种变化抑制了他们的反应。

6·What happens is, they inhibit each other, they cancel each other out in a way, and a third seemingly irrelevant behavior surfaces through a process that we call Disinhibition.

结果是，它们互相抑制，在某种程度上相互抵消，第三种看似无关的行为通过我们称之为“去抑制”的过程出现。

7·There are many types of fear, but the two that inhibit iconoclastic thinking and people generally find difficult to deal with are fear of uncertainty and fear of public ridicule.

恐惧有很多种，但其中会抑制打破常规的思维且人们通常很难应对的两种恐惧，是对不确定性的恐惧和对公众嘲笑的恐惧。

8·But Snyder et al point out that the caffeine concentrations needed to inhibit the production of phosphodiesterase in the brain are much higher than those that produce stimulation.

但 Snyder 等人指出，抑制脑内磷酸二酯酶产生所需的咖啡因浓度要比产生刺激的咖啡因浓度高得多。

9·Most of the purported health benefits of tea come from antioxidants—compounds also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C that inhibit the formation of plaque along the body's blood vessels.

茶对健康的好处大多来自于抗氧化剂——在胡萝卜素、维生素 E 和维生素 C 中也发现了抗氧化剂化合物，它能抑制沿身体血管形成的斑块。

10·A lack of oxygen may inhibit brain development in the unborn child.

缺氧可能阻碍胎儿的大脑发育。《牛津词典》

抑制

1·Sore nipples can inhibit the milk supply.

乳头疼痛可能抑制母乳分泌。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Authority doesn't have to inhibit innovation but it often does.

权威不一定要抑制创新，但它经常这样做。

3·Moving around throughout the day can inhibit a tendency to fidget and chatter.

一天内四处走动可以抑制你的烦躁和喋喋不休的谈话。

4·It is simply a common variant of human nature, one which iconoclasts do not let inhibit their reactions.

这仅仅是人性的常见变化，而反传统的人不会让这种变化抑制了他们的反应。

5·What happens is, they inhibit each other, they cancel each other out in a way, and a third seemingly irrelevant behavior surfaces through a process that we call Disinhibition.

结果是，它们互相抑制，在某种程度上相互抵消，第三种看似无关的行为通过我们称之为“去抑制”的过程出现。

禁止

1·Many countries have already taken dramatic action to inhibit tobacco use.

许多国家已采取重大行动以禁止烟草使用。

2·These barriers can inhibit competitors from getting traction, becoming visible, and being perceived as authentic or credibility. As a result, they may be weak players for a long time.

这些障碍能禁止竞争者，结果，很长时间内他们可能是弱者。

3·To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats.

威胁通过威胁或近乎威胁强制或禁止。

4·Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the site and its features.

限制或禁止任何其它用户使用和享受的站点和它的功能。

5·The host has ultimate control over the bus and may inhibit communication at any time by pulling the Clock line low.

主机对总线有最高的控制权，在任何时候通过将时钟线拉低就可以禁止通信。

抑制了

1·But the new study shows the opposite effect: whatever the programming, the ultimate outcome of television noise is to inhibit verbal exchanges.

但新的研究表明这具有相反的效果：无论节目是什么，最终结果是电视的噪音抑制了口头交流。

2·In some key countries unemployment stays unusually elevated, while high levels of private and public indebtedness inhibit growth.

在一些重要国家，失业率居高不下，高企的私人和公共债务抑制了经济增长。

3·When we cover our grief, we inhibit our ability to show love and compassion.

如果我们试图压抑自己的悲痛，我们就抑制了自己表达关爱和同情的能力。

4·It is known from in vitro fertilisation research that high levels of glucose can enhance the growth and development of male embryos but inhibit female ones.

高水平的葡萄糖能提高男性胚胎的生长和发育但是抑制了女性胚胎，这在体外受精的研究中广为人知。

5·Absorbent liquid for wholesalers inhibit bacterial growth, to reduce solution Ph value.

吸水液，用于批发商抑制了细菌的生长，降低溶液Ph值。