incontinent UK [ɪn'kɒn.tɪ.nənt] US [-'kɑ:n.tə-] adjective ■unable to control the excretion of urine or the contents of the bowels (大小便)失禁的•Many of our elderly patients are incontinent.我们许多上年纪的病人都有失禁问题。 •As the illness progressed, she became doubly incontinent (= unable to control the excretion both of urine and the contents of the bowels).随着病情的恶化,她大小便都失禁了。 |