a thing which inhibits someone or something 阻碍物,抑制物 ■a substance which slows down or prevents a particular chemical reaction or other process or which reduces the activity of a particular reactant, catalyst, or enzyme 抑制剂,阻化剂 ■(Genetics)a gene whose presence prevents the expression of some other gene at a different locus (遗传)抑制因子,抑制基因 ■(Scots Law)a person who takes out an inhibition (苏格兰律)发出禁令的人