The longing heart accumulates desires that become in time a kind of volatile waste, which can't be contained.

渴望的心聚集欲望,假以时日便成了,会挥发不能抑制的废物。

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Then, there are antagonists that slow down the amount of neurotransmitters, either because they destroy neurotransmitters or they make it hard to create more.

另一种是抑制剂,抑制剂会抑制神经递质的释放量,有可能是通过破坏神经递质而实现,也可能是通过抑制神经递质的生成而实现

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Or at least they were dampened very considerably.

抑制它们的形成，情况会好很多。

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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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Now, these signals can be either excitatory, which is that they raise the likelihood the neuron will fire, or inhibitory in that they lower the likelihood that the neuron will fire.

这些刺激信号可能是兴奋性的,会增加神经元产生神经冲动可能性,也可能是抑制性的,会降低神经元产生神经冲动的可能性

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