incontinent
英 [ɪn'kɒntɪnənt]
- adj. 失禁的;不能自制的,无节制的;荒淫的
- adv. 立即,即刻
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。
5. in- "not, opposite of" + continent (adj.).
英文词源
- incontinent (adj.)
- late 14c., "wanting in self restraint," from Old French incontinent, from Latin incontinentem (nominative incontinens) "incontinent, immoderate, intemperate," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + continens (see continent). Originally chiefly of sexual appetites; sense of "unable to control bowels or bladder" first attested 1828.
双语例句
- 1. His diseased bladder left him incontinent.
- 病变的膀胱使他小便失禁。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. People often become incontinent when they get very old.
- 人老了就往往有内急失禁现象.
来自辞典例句
- 3. A similar piece of material, worn by incontinent adults.
- 成人尿布''.'失禁'. ''成年人穿着的类似物品.
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- 4. The underground water was exhausted by incontinent use.
- 翻译地下水由于无节制的使用而枯竭了.
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- 5. He was in any event severely crippled, even for a time paralysed and incontinent.
- 不论如何,罗斯福落下了严重残疾, 甚至一度麻痹瘫痪,完全失禁.
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