One way to picture it: a hand held up in the middle of something that was already moving — not a wall that blocks it completely, but a hold-back that keeps it from going as far or as fast as it would.
From the word’s history
From Latin inhibitio, from inhibēre = in- + habēre (to hold). Literally 'a holding back' — the modern core is exactly that restraining hand, whether on a chemical process or on a person's own impulse.
來自拉丁文 inhibitio，動詞 inhibēre 由 in-（朝向、在其上）+ habēre（握、持有）組成，字面是「握住、按住」。這個「按住」的畫面直接活到今天：科學上按住的是一個過程，心理上按住的是一個人自己的衝動。
payload origin note (Middle English inhibicioun ← Old French inibicion ← Latin inhibitio; inhibit + -ion)
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原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
inhibitionnoun/ɪnhɪˈbɪʃən/
- 1
The act of inhibiting.
- 2
human-sciencespsychologysciencesA personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
- Often the guests, affected by the wine drinking, released all inhibitions and made erotic overtures, particularly to the slave cup-bearers.
- 3
biochemistrybiologychemistryThe process of stopping or retarding a reaction.
- 4
lawA writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings.
- 5
lawA recusal.
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