be continent
作表语，表示能控制大小便；也可指能节制欲望。
After the surgery, she was continent again.
手术后她又可以控制大小便了。
能控制大小便的
自制的；节制的；自我克制；对身体需求或欲望(尤其是性)有节制；能自控排尿或排便；能控制排尿和排便；自制的
Having voluntary control over urination and defecation.
常用于医疗语境；反义词为 incontinent。
自我克制；对身体需求或欲望(尤其是性)有节制
Exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one’s bodily needs or passions, especially sex.
能自控排尿或排便
Having voluntary control over one’s urination or defecation.
能控制排尿和排便
having control over urination and defecation
After the operation, the man was continent again and could manage without diapers.
手术之后，这名男子又能自主控制大小便，不用尿布也能应付了。
用法提示：此处 continent 为形容词，表示手术后重新获得大小便控制能力。
The nurse checked whether the elderly patient was continent before giving him a bath.
护士在给老年患者洗澡前，先检查他是否能自主控制大小便。
用法提示：此处 continent 作形容词，指老年病人具备大小便自控能力。
Most children become continent during the day by the age of three.
大多数孩子在3岁前白天就能自主控制大小便了。
用法提示：此处 continent 作形容词，指儿童白天已能控制大小便。
作表语，表示能控制大小便；也可指能节制欲望。
After the surgery, she was continent again.
手术后她又可以控制大小便了。
医学语境中常用 of 引出排泄物，说明能控制哪方面的排泄。
The patient is continent of urine and stool.
病人能控制大小便。
grammar · medium
易错句子He showed remarkable continent when tempted.
正确表达He showed remarkable continence when tempted.
continent 这里是形容词，不能作动词 showed 的宾语；表示“自制力”这个名词概念要用 continence。改正后语法正确，句意不变。
grammar · medium
易错句子The continent climate here is mild.
正确表达The continental climate here is mild.
表示“大陆(性)的”要用形容词 continental；continent 作形容词时意为“自制的、能自控的”，不能用来修饰 climate，词形不同则搭配对象不同。
grammar · medium
易错句子She was continent with her simple life.
正确表达She was content with her simple life.
表示“满足的”要用 content，并与 with 搭配；continent 意为“克制的、能自控的”，不能表达“满足”。两词拼写相近，学生常混用。
在性方面有节制的
He remained sexually continent until he got married.
他在结婚前一直保持性节制。
保持能控制大小便
After the surgery, she managed to remain continent.
手术后，她仍能控制大小便。
完全能控制大小便
With training, the patient became fully continent.
经过训练，患者完全能控制大小便了。
变得能控制大小便
Most children become continent by age four.
大多数孩子到四岁时就能控制大小便了。
能控制排尿
The patient was continent of urine during the day.
这位患者白天能控制排尿。
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能控制排便
The toddler is now continent of stool.
这个幼儿现在能控制排便了。