This would an example of a substance that inhibits the action of a natural ligand and they can inhibit in a variety of ways.

这类物质能够以多种方式,抑制天然配体的作用

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If you take enough alcohol, it then goes down to inhibit the excitatory parts of your brain and then you fall on the floor and pass out.

如果你摄入足够的酒精,就会抑制在你大脑中起兴奋作用的脑组织,之后你便醉倒了

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Well, the answer is it inhibits the inhibitory parts of your brain.

答案就是,酒精抑制了在你大脑中,起抑制作用的脑组织的活动

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And so in what way is alcohol inhibitory?

那么酒精是怎样起到抑制作用的呢

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