Dictionary entry

Inhibit

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhɪbɪt/

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈhɪbɪt/

Myanmar Meaning

(v) ဟန့်တား သည်။ အဟန့်အတားဖြစ်သည်။ ချုပ်ချယ်သည်။ ကန့်သတ်သည်။ တားမြစ်သည်။

Definition

inhibit /Çn'hÇbÇt/ v ၁။ ~ sb (from sth/ doing sth) ဟန္႔တား သည္။ အဟန္႔အတားျဖစ္သည္။ Shyness inhibited him (from speaking). ၂။ ခ်ဳပ္ခ်ယ္သည္။ ကန္႔သတ္သည္။ တားျမစ္သည္။ outdated policies that inhibit economic growth ❍ Cost is not an inhibiting factor in the company's plans for development. ❏ inhibited adj ခ်ဳပ္တည္းထားေသာ။ အရွက္အေၾကာက္။ She's too inhibited to laugh at jokes about sex. ❍ a nervous inhibited laugh. ❏ inhibition /ÇnhÇ'bÇʃn, ÇnÇ'b-/ n ၁။ [C] အရွက္ အေၾကာက္။ overcome one's inhibitions ❍ She had no inhibitions about making her opinions known (ie did so without hesitating). ၂။ [U] ခ်ဳပ္ခ်ယ္ျခင္း။ တားျမစ္ျခင္း။ ကန္႔သတ္ျခင္း။ ဟန္႔တားျခင္း။ inhibition of growth.

Examples

  1. Economic growth has been inhibited by the lack of investment.
  2. Factors that inhibit the development of artistic talent
  3. Drinking coffee inhibits the absorption of iron from your diet.
  4. [inhibit someone from doing something] : Tax rules that inhibit some people from working
  5. The presence of police officers inhibited them.
  6. [inhibit someone from doing something] : Students may be inhibited from coming to him with their problems.