continence
英 ['kɒntɪnəns]
美['kɑntɪnəns]
- n. 自制，克制；节欲（尤指禁欲）
词态变化
形容词: continent;
助记提示
1. con- "together" + tin- + -ence.
2. => hold together, keep together, enclose.
3. 由此得出两种引申义：一、既然是握在一起的，那么就引申为“连续的，衔接在一起的”；二、既然被圈在一起、禁锢在一起，那么就引申义“节制、克制”。
4. 这里取第二种引申义。
2. => hold together, keep together, enclose.
3. 由此得出两种引申义：一、既然是握在一起的，那么就引申为“连续的，衔接在一起的”；二、既然被圈在一起、禁锢在一起，那么就引申义“节制、克制”。
4. 这里取第二种引申义。
中文词源
continence 节制，自制
con-, 强调。-tin, 持，握，词源同contain, tenable.
英文词源
- continence (n.)
- late 14c., "self-restraint," from Old French continence (14c.), from Latin continentia "a holding back, repression," from continent-, present participle stem of continere (see continent). Especially of sexual desire from late 14c.; of the body's eliminatory functions, from 1915. Related: Continency.
双语例句
- 1. Continence is the foe of heresy.
- 克制是异端邪说的敌人.
来自辞典例句
- 2. Continence can be maintained after posterior urethral stenting in select patients.
- 选择病例进行后尿道支架植入可保持排尿的可控性.
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- 3. To avoid the apperence of fecal in continence and bleeding.
- 避免出现肛门失禁、出血等并发症.
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- 4. Augustine's plea: " Grant me chastity and continence, but not yet. "
- Augustine的名言: “ 请赋予我纯洁的和坚忍, 但不是现在. ”
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- 5. Nerve - sparing prostatectomy, designed to preserve potency and urinary continence, introduced.
- 发明旨在保留性功能和预防尿失禁的神经保留前列腺切除术.
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