tenable
英 ['tenəb(ə)l]
- adj. （主张等）站得住脚的；可维持的
助记提示
1. ten- + -able.
2. => capable of hold or keep.
2. => capable of hold or keep.
中文词源
tenable 说得过去的，站得住脚的
ten-,持有，握住，-able,形容词后缀。
英英释意
- 1. based on sound reasoning or evidence;
- "a reasonable argument"
- "well-founded suspicions"
英文词源
- tenable (adj.)
- "capable of being held or maintained," 1570s, from Middle French tenable, from Old French (12c.), from tenir "to hold," from Latin tenere "to hold, keep" (see tenet).
实用场景例句
- a tenable position
- 说得过去的观点
牛津词典
- The old idea that this work was not suitable for women was no longer tenable.
- 认为这种工作不适合妇女的旧想法再也站不住脚了。
牛津词典
- The lectureship is tenable for a period of three years.
- 讲师这一职务任期三年。
牛津词典
- This argument is simply not tenable...
- 这个论点根本站不住脚。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The only way his role can be clarified and his position made tenable again is if there's a public inquiry.
- 弄清他扮演的角色并再次证明他的合理立场的唯一办法是展开公开调查。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- In some situations, this assumption may not be tenable.
- 在一些情况下, 这种假设可能不成立的.
期刊摘选
- The view that the earth is flat is no longer tenable.
- 认为地球是平的这一观点站不住脚了.
期刊摘选
- He's got a scholarship tenable for four years.
- 他已得到为期四年的奖学金.
辞典例句
- From the deep structure of transferred epithet, its internal language meaning can be tenable.
- 从移就的深层结构来看, 其内在的话语意义是可以成立的.
期刊摘选
- In a word, our theory is tenable.
- 综上所述, 我们的理论成立.
期刊摘选
- In the antidumping investigation, the debate focuses on whether the antidumping is tenable.
- 反倾销调查案件中双方争论的焦点是倾销是否成立?
期刊摘选
- As there is nothing mystical or theological about confucianism, such a view is, indeed, quite tenable.
- 因为儒教没有什么神秘或神学色彩, 这样的一种看法的确是站得住脚的.
辞典例句
- The lectureship is tenable for a period of three years.
- 讲师这一职位任期三年.
期刊摘选
- If it is tenable, how much is the dumping range?
- 如果成立, 倾销幅度是 多少 ?
期刊摘选
- This argument isn't tenable.
- 这个论点站不住脚.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- This is a tenable approach and will do us much good.
- 这样站得住脚,益处大.
期刊摘选
- His new theory is tenable.
- 他的新理论是站得住脚的.
辞典例句
- Overall, at the legal level, this ruling is tenable.
- 总体而言, 在法律层面, 这个裁决是站得住脚的.
期刊摘选
- How long is the post tenable for?
- 这个职位任期多长?
辞典例句
- His position is not tenable , if nothing else because of the strategic error.
- 他的职位是保不住的, 即便只是因为他犯了战略失误.
期刊摘选
- This argument is simply not tenable.
- 这个论点根本站不住脚。
辞典例句
- None of these arguments are tenable.
- 这些论点没有一个是站得住脚的。
辞典例句
- The old idea that this work was not suitable for women was no longer tenable.
- 认为这种工作不适合妇女的旧想法再也站不住脚了。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- The only way his role can be clarified and his position made tenable again is if there's a public inquiry.
- 弄清他扮演的角色并再次证明他的合理立场的唯一办法是展开公开调查。
柯林斯例句