continence
英 ['k?nt?n?ns]
美 ['kɑnt?n?ns]
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“節制、克制”。
4. 這里取第二種引申義。
中文詞源
continence 節制，自制con-, 強調。-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.
雙語例句
- 1. Continence is the foe of heresy.
- 克制是異端邪說的敵人.
來自辭典例句
- 2. Continence can be maintained after posterior urethral stenting in select patients.
- 選擇病例進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**失禁、出血等并發癥.
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- 4. Augustine's plea: " Grant me chastity and continence, but not yet. "
- Augustine的名言: “ 請賦予我純潔的和堅忍, 但不是現在. ”
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- 5. Nerve - sparing prostatectomy, designed to preserve potency and urinary continence, introduced.
- 發明旨在保留性功能和預防尿失禁的神經保留前列腺切除術.
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