be inhibited about (doing) sth
表示因担心或不自信而不敢做某事。
She was inhibited about expressing her true feelings.
她对表达真实感受感到拘谨。
拘谨的，压抑的
被抑制的，受阻止的；拘谨或压抑,倾向于安静、不善于表达的行为。；抑制情感的；约束行动的；[计] 禁止的；抑制的
unable to express feelings or do what one wants, especially because of shyness or social pressure
常指因害羞或社会压力而无法表达情感或行动
拘谨或压抑,倾向于安静、不善于表达的行为。
Reserved or repressed, prone to quiet, inexpressive behavior.
He felt too inhibited to join the conversation.
他感到过于拘谨，无法加入对话。
用法提示：inhibited 作形容词，表示‘拘谨的’，描述人因害羞或压抑而不敢行动。
Many children become inhibited in a strict classroom environment.
许多孩子在严格的课堂环境中变得拘谨。
用法提示：inhibited 作形容词，表示‘受约束的’，描述状态因环境而改变。
She was extremely inhibited about expressing her opinions.
她在表达自己意见时极为拘谨。
用法提示：inhibited 后接 about，表示‘对…拘谨’，强调在特定方面受抑制。
表示因担心或不自信而不敢做某事。
She was inhibited about expressing her true feelings.
她对表达真实感受感到拘谨。
表示受到外部或内部因素限制而不能做某事。
The shy boy was inhibited from joining the conversation.
那个害羞的男孩被阻止加入谈话。
表示事物受到阻碍或限制。
Economic growth was inhibited by high taxes.
经济增长受到高税收的抑制。
grammar · medium
易错句子He inhibited to speak in public.
正确表达He is inhibited about speaking in public.
inhibited 是形容词，不是动词，因此不能直接接不定式作谓语。使用 'be inhibited about + 动名词' 表示对做某事感到拘谨。
grammar · medium
易错句子She felt inhibiting in social situations.
正确表达She felt inhibited in social situations.
-ed 形容词描述人的感受，-ing 形容词描述事物本身的性质。表达某人感到拘谨时应用 inhibited，而非 inhibiting。
指因法律或规则禁止做某事，而inhibited指因心理或情感上的抑制而不敢行动。
inhibited的反义词，指没有压抑、自由表达，而inhibited表示拘谨、受约束。
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