英:[ˈtenəbl]
美:[ˈtɛnəbəl]
英:[ˈtenəbl]
美:[ˈtɛnəbəl]
adj.
守得住的
可防守的
站得住脚的
合理的
ten·a·ble
te n bl
tenably (adv.), tenability (n.)
词根:tenable
n.tenability 可防守;站得住脚
adjective
able to be upheld, affirmed, supported, or defended; logical.When he finally did his research, he found to his disappointment that his argument was not tenable.It sounds like something that would benefit us, but we'll have to make sure it's a tenable proposition.
able to be defended from armed attack.If the enemy crosses the river, we will withdraw south to a tenable position.
"可被持有或維持的",源於1570年代的法語词 tenable ,源自於拉丁语词 tenir 的词根“ tenere ”,意为“持有、保持”(源自 PIE 词根“ *ten- ”,意为“伸展”)。
borrowed from Middle French, going back to Old French, "capable of being defended against attack," from tenir "to hold, have possession of" + -able -able — more at tenant >entry 1
The first known use of tenable was in 1579
tenaciousadjective
not easily pulled apart
tending to stick
holding fast or tending to hold fast : persistent old ideas are tenacious
people tenacious of their opinions
retentive
a tenacious memory
tenaciousadjective
not easily pulled apart
tending to stick
holding fast or tending to hold fast : persistent old ideas are tenacious
people tenacious of their opinions
retentive
a tenacious memory
tenableadjective
capable of being held, maintained, or defended
a tenable argument
1 If it is tenable, how much is the dumping range?
如果成立, 倾销幅度是 多少 ?
2 And when it comes to water policy, Denver is behaving in a way that makes the future seem not only tenable but even bright.
3 This neglect of rights concerns is no longer tenable.
4 Because it is our own greed and shallow quest for things that have made the corporate decisions to stay open on Thanksgiving tenable.
5 To some extent, this is tenable, but must not blindly admired.
这在一定程度上是站得住脚的,但绝不能盲目推崇。
6 But once the second world war was won, this position became less tenable.
7 But, it says, the "existing situation is not tenable".
8 As Zawatsky and Roth’s relationship grew ever less tenable, Ford said, “I felt like a child trying to have mom and dad get along.”
9 "The Sex Pistols brand has no tenable association to fragrance," Hanbury says.
10 But returning to the way things were is neither realistic nor morally tenable.
但是,让事物回到过去的轨道不仅是不现实的,在道德上也是站不住脚的。
11 This argument isn't tenable.
这个论点站不住脚.
12 It no longer felt tenable — no longer felt tolerable — to create a story in our present tense that didn’t acknowledge the singular, shared agony of that day.
13 One lieutenant colonel told the BBC: "Based on the new accommodation model, we have decided that remaining in service is no longer a tenable situation for us."
14 “I don’t think that it’s for me — that it’s tenable to do with the kind of odd jobs I like,” she says.
15 In addition, we are now the size of the non-speculative motive is not to sell tenable.
此外,我们现在所在的大小非投机动机,并不是要出售站不住脚的。
16 The time may be approaching when that clever maneuver is no longer tenable.
17 After 10 years in the business, she found that the low pay and work demands typical of the industry were not tenable.
18 Post-divorce I dated vastly, even moving to Berlin for a year on the notion that love was more tenable in a foreign setting, or that 30-something Deutsch men made better fathers.
19 She said there was "no direct evidence of Bah being assaulted other than what Bah says", and that was not a "tenable defence".
20 Yet it is hardly tenable to suggest that the EU's treaties need no changes at all.
但是认为欧盟的条约完全不需要改进的建议是站不住脚的。
3 站得住脚的
4 有道理
5 有道理的
7 合理的
reasonable legitimate rational sensible feasible sober consequent in reason sound justified good natural fair moderate logical balanced favourable
8 能保持
9 合理
reasonable legitimate rational sensible feasible sober consequent truly reasonably justice fitness rationalize in reason by rights good sound natural fair moderate logical balanced favourable rightly rationally sensibly logic fairness warrant legitimize
10 可维持的
11 可防守的
12 能保持的
13 站得住的