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大小便失禁。
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。