continence

英 ['k?nt?n?ns] 美['kɑnt?n?ns]
  • n. 自制，克制；節(jié)欲（尤指禁欲）
暢通詞匯

詞態(tài)變化

形容詞:?continent;

助記提示

1. con- "together" + tin- + -ence.
2. => hold together, keep together, enclose.
3. 由此得出兩種引申義：一、既然是握在一起的，那么就引申為“連續(xù)的，銜接在一起的”；二、既然被圈在一起、禁錮在一起，那么就引申義“節(jié)制、克制”。
4. 這里取第二種引申義。

中文詞源

continence 節(jié)制，自制

con-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-tin, 持，握，詞源同contain, tenable.

英文詞源

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.

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. Continence is the foe of heresy.
克制是異端邪說(shuō)的敵人.

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2. Continence can be maintained after posterior urethral stenting in select patients.
選擇病例進(jìn)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.
避免出現(xiàn)肛門(mén)失禁、出血等并發(fā)癥.

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4. Augustine's plea: " Grant me chastity and continence, but not yet. "
Augustine的名言: “ 請(qǐng)賦予我純潔的和堅(jiān)忍, 但不是現(xiàn)在. ”

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5. Nerve - sparing prostatectomy, designed to preserve potency and urinary continence, introduced.
發(fā)明旨在保留性功能和預(yù)防尿失禁的神經(jīng)保留前列腺切除術(shù).

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