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be incontinent
After the stroke, the patient was incontinent.
中风后，这位病人失禁了。
失禁的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
失禁的
not having control over urination and defecation
After the stroke, the patient was incontinent.
中风后，这位病人失禁了。
无法容纳或保留。
Unable to contain or retain.
患有失禁,无法控制自然排泄物,最常见的是尿液或粪便。
Plagued by incontinence; unable to retain natural discharges or evacuations, most commonly of urine or feces.
缺乏道德或性方面的节制或自控,尤指性欲。
Lacking moral or sexual restraint, moderation or self-control, especially of sexual desire.
无节制的或无休止的。
Unrestrained or unceasing.
After the surgery, the patient was temporarily incontinent and needed extra care.
手术后，病人暂时失禁，需要额外护理。
The old dog has become incontinent, so we put waterproof pads on the floor.
这只老狗变得失禁了，所以我们在地板上放了防水垫。
Some medicines can make patients incontinent, so doctors watch for side effects.
有些药物会让病人失禁，所以医生会留意副作用。
After the stroke, the patient was incontinent.
中风后，这位病人失禁了。
表示从正常状态转为失禁状态。
Some elderly people become incontinent as they get older.
随着年纪增长，一些老年人会变得失禁。
介词 of 后接具体排泄物，如 urine（尿）或 feces（粪便）。
The old man was incontinent of urine.
这位老人小便失禁。
Not this
The meeting time is incontinent.
Use this
The meeting time is inconvenient.
incontinent 是形容词，意为“失禁的”（无法控制大小便），与 inconvenient（不方便的）拼写和读音相近，容易混淆。表示“不方便的”应使用 inconvenient。
Not this
The old man suffers from incontinent.
Use this
The old man suffers from incontinence.
incontinent 是形容词，不能直接用作名词。表示“失禁”这一症状或状态，需用名词形式 incontinence，作 suffer from 的宾语。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
失禁患者
The nurse assisted the incontinent patient with daily care.
护士协助这位失禁患者进行日常护理。
变得失禁
He became incontinent after the spinal injury.
脊椎损伤后他变得失禁。
小便失禁
The drug may leave patients incontinent of urine.
这种药物可能会让患者小便失禁。
大便失禁
The condition caused her to be incontinent of stool.
这种疾病导致她大便失禁。
失禁发作
The patient experienced frequent incontinent episodes during the night.
患者在夜间频繁出现失禁发作。
失禁老人
Community nurses provide support for the incontinent elderly.
社区护士为失禁老人提供支持。
无亲情、不解怨、好说谗言、不能自约、性情凶暴、不爱良善。
From the King James Version of 2 Timothy 3:3; in this list of end-times vices, 'incontinent' means lacking self-control, not the medical meaning.
出自《钦定版圣经》提摩太后书3:3；在这段关于末世之人的列举中，incontinent 指“没有自制力”，不是医学意义上的“失禁”。
Use incontinent naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 in + continent（大陆）：想象有人站在大陆上却憋不住，把大洲弄湿了——incontinent 就是“失禁的”。
语域：formal 常见场景：medical reports、clinical discussions 该义项多用于医疗或正式语境，描述无法自主控制大小便；日常口语中较少用此词。
Only continent (/ˈkɒntɪnənt/) rhymes with incontinent. The other -inent words look like it but have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.