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词汇 incontinence
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Definition of incontinence in English:

incontinence

noun ɪnˈkɒntɪnəns
mass noun
  • 1Lack of voluntary control over urination or defecation.

    causes of urinary incontinence
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I need to buy incontinence pads.
    • Incontinence can result in bladder infections.
    • About 1 out of 3 women has incontinence.
    • Whatever the cause, fecal incontinence can be a source of embarrassment.
    • An estimated 40 million women - and perhaps half as many men - of all ages suffer from incontinence.
    • This affects elderly people and such people who are incontinence sufferers.
    • Pelvic floor muscles help prevent urinary incontinence.
    • People with urge incontinence often go to the toilet a lot during the night.
    • Behavioral therapy may reduce the mean number of incontinence episodes by as much as 50 percent.
    • Surgery can be used to treat moderate to severe stress incontinence.
  • 2Lack of self-restraint.

    the emotional incontinence of modern society
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was a flawed personality who damaged himself and his family by his sexual incontinence.
    • His speech coincided with a report on Ireland's fiscal incontinence.
    • Such incontinence, driven by public spending rising faster than the growth in the economy, cannot be controlled for long while keeping taxes down.
    • The report is scathing about the financial incontinence of bankers and consumers but complacent about regulatory failures.
    • Her human awkwardness and emotional incontinence showed in her every gesture.
    • It should be noticed that all three of these deficiencies - continence, incontinence, vice - involve some lack of internal harmony.
    • The newspaper grumbled that doctors, unions, and hospital administrators needed to recognize that "excellence of service is not dependent on utter incontinence in the spending of health dollars."
    • Their respect for the captain operated as a check to the incontinence of their passions.
    • I didn't stutter or display more than my normal tendencies to verbal incontinence, so I'm about as happy as I could reasonably be expected to be.
    • Aristotle investigates character traits - continence and incontinence - that are not as blameworthy as the vices but not as praiseworthy as the virtues.

Definition of incontinence in US English:

incontinence

nouninˈkänt(ə)nəns
  • 1Lack of voluntary control over urination or defecation.

    causes of urinary incontinence
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This affects elderly people and such people who are incontinence sufferers.
    • About 1 out of 3 women has incontinence.
    • People with urge incontinence often go to the toilet a lot during the night.
    • Pelvic floor muscles help prevent urinary incontinence.
    • An estimated 40 million women - and perhaps half as many men - of all ages suffer from incontinence.
    • Behavioral therapy may reduce the mean number of incontinence episodes by as much as 50 percent.
    • Incontinence can result in bladder infections.
    • Whatever the cause, fecal incontinence can be a source of embarrassment.
    • I need to buy incontinence pads.
    • Surgery can be used to treat moderate to severe stress incontinence.
  • 2Lack of self-restraint.

    the emotional incontinence of modern society
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was a flawed personality who damaged himself and his family by his sexual incontinence.
    • I didn't stutter or display more than my normal tendencies to verbal incontinence, so I'm about as happy as I could reasonably be expected to be.
    • Such incontinence, driven by public spending rising faster than the growth in the economy, cannot be controlled for long while keeping taxes down.
    • Her human awkwardness and emotional incontinence showed in her every gesture.
    • The newspaper grumbled that doctors, unions, and hospital administrators needed to recognize that "excellence of service is not dependent on utter incontinence in the spending of health dollars."
    • Aristotle investigates character traits - continence and incontinence - that are not as blameworthy as the vices but not as praiseworthy as the virtues.
    • Their respect for the captain operated as a check to the incontinence of their passions.
    • His speech coincided with a report on Ireland's fiscal incontinence.
    • The report is scathing about the financial incontinence of bankers and consumers but complacent about regulatory failures.
    • It should be noticed that all three of these deficiencies - continence, incontinence, vice - involve some lack of internal harmony.
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