inhibitor

阻害剤

生き物の体内で起こる働きを止めたり、遅くしたりする物質。

やさしい英語で： A substance that stops a process in a living thing or makes it happen more slowly.

• The drug acts as an enzyme inhibitor.
• Doctors prescribed an inhibitor to slow the disease.
• These inhibitors prevent the cells from multiplying.

よく使う表現： enzyme inhibitor, growth inhibitor, selective inhibitor

阻害要因、抑制因子

行動を妨げたり、遅らせたり、難しくしたりする人や物。

やさしい英語で： A person or thing that prevents an action or makes it slower or more difficult.

• Fear is a powerful inhibitor.
• High costs became an inhibitor of growth.
• Strict rules can act as inhibitors of change.

使い方： inhibitor of something (Fear can be an inhibitor of creativity.)

類義語： obstacle, hindrance

よく使う表現： inhibitor of growth, major inhibitor, powerful inhibitor

阻害剤、抑制剤

化学反応を止めたり、遅くしたりする物質。

やさしい英語で： A substance that stops a chemical reaction or makes it happen more slowly.

• The inhibitor slowed the reaction.
• We added a corrosion inhibitor to the water.
• Different inhibitors were tested on the metal samples.

よく使う表現： corrosion inhibitor, reaction inhibitor, add an inhibitor