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inhibitory + noun
inhibitory 常作定语，直接修饰名词，表示“抑制性的、起抑制作用的”。
The brain uses inhibitory signals to control muscle movement.
大脑利用抑制性信号来控制肌肉运动。
抑制的；制止的
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抑制的；制止的
restrictive of action; acting to inhibit or restrain
The brain uses inhibitory signals to control muscle movement.
大脑利用抑制性信号来控制肌肉运动。
起抑制作用的。
That inhibits.
抑制剂的；与抑制剂有关的。
Of, or relating to an inhibitor.
The teacher noticed that the child had poor inhibitory control and often spoke without thinking.
老师注意到这孩子抑制控制能力差，常常不假思索就开口说话。
This medication has an inhibitory effect on the growth of bacteria, so it helps stop infections from spreading.
这种药物对细菌生长有抑制作用，因此有助于阻止感染扩散。
Scientists studied the inhibitory signals that prevent certain brain cells from firing too often.
科学家研究了那些阻止某些脑细胞过度放电的抑制信号。
inhibitory 常作定语，直接修饰名词，表示“抑制性的、起抑制作用的”。
The brain uses inhibitory signals to control muscle movement.
大脑利用抑制性信号来控制肌肉运动。
表达“对某物有抑制作用”时，常用 have an inhibitory effect on sth，介词用 on；effect 前可用其他形容词修饰。
The drug has an inhibitory effect on tumor growth.
这种药物对肿瘤生长有抑制作用。
Not this
The medicine can inhibitory the virus.
Use this
The medicine can inhibit the virus.
inhibitory 是形容词，不能跟在情态动词 can 后作谓语；这里需要动词原形 inhibit 表示“抑制”这个动作。
Not this
The drug has an inhibited effect on virus growth.
Use this
The drug has an inhibitory effect on virus growth.
inhibited 是“受抑制的、拘谨的”，不能表示“起抑制作用的”；修饰 effect 并表达“抑制性的”意思时，应用形容词 inhibitory。
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抑制作用
The drug has an inhibitory effect on tumor growth.
这种药物对肿瘤生长有抑制作用。
抑制性神经递质
GABA is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain.
GABA 是大脑中主要的抑制性神经递质。
抑制控制
Children develop inhibitory control as they grow older.
儿童随着年龄增长会逐渐发展出抑制控制能力。
抑制性突触后电位
An inhibitory postsynaptic potential reduces the chance that a neuron will fire.
抑制性突触后电位会降低神经元放电的可能性。
抑制性突触
The inhibitory synapse releases GABA to reduce neuronal activity.
抑制性突触释放 GABA 以降低神经元活动。
抑制性反应
The stimulus produced an inhibitory response in the reflex pathway.
该刺激在反射通路中引起了抑制性反应。
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记忆联想：inhibitory 里藏着 inhibit（抑制），想象红灯‘禁止通行’拦住动作——抑制的。
语域：formal 常见场景：academic writing、medical and scientific reports 通常用于正式或专业语境，多出现在医学、生物学、心理学等学术文献中；日常口语中较少使用，常以 inhibiting 或 suppressive 代替。
Only prohibitory (/prəˈhɪbɪtəri/) rhymes with inhibitory (/ɪnˈhɪbɪtəri/) because both contain the stressed sequence /hɪbɪtəri/. The other -itory words are lookalikes: territory, auditory, and transitory stress their first syllable; repository and depository stress /pɒz/, so none rhymes with inhibitory.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.