英语单词

continence是什么意思

continence

英 ['kɒntɪnəns] 美 ['kɑntɪnəns]
  • n. 自制,克制;节欲(尤指禁欲)

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。

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.

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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**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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