tenable

单词tenable

基本解释

adj.: 说得过去的；站得住脚的；可保有
网络: 可防守的；守得住的；有条理的

权威解释

• 说得过去的；站得住脚的:

  easy to defend against attack or criticism

• 可保有，可保持，可担任（一段时间）:

  that can be held for a particular period of time

英汉解释

• 可延续的

• 能(可)守的

• 能保持[继续]的

• 有条理的(学说等)

• 站得住的(意见等)

• 守得住的(城市、阵地、堡垒等),可防守的

• 说服力(的),站得住脚的

同义词

adj.reasonableacceptabledefensibleplausiblerational

反义词

adj.untenable

例句

• I believe that our contemporary pragmatists, especially Messrs. Schiller and Dewey, have given the only tenable account of this subject.

  我相信当代的实用主义者，特别是席勒和杜威两位先生，对于这个问题已经给了我们唯一有条理的解释。

• A tenable marriage is not always in effect, while an effectual marriage is sure to be lawful.

  已经成立的婚姻不一定有效，有效的婚姻则一定是依法成立。

• At these revenue levels, the industry"s practice of siphoning off half of each dollar it makes to pay itself is no longer tenable.

  在目前这种收入水平上，银行业把赚到的钱分一半给自己人的惯例已经行不通了。

• 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。

• If this were continued, the barricade was no longer tenable. The grape-shot made its way in.

  如果这样继续下去，街垒就支持不住了，连珠弹会直接打进来。

• If the firm could make it through Friday, executives believed, they could come up with a more tenable fix to their problems.

  管理层相信，如果在周五前准备好这些材料，他们的问题就不会再扩大。

• Fear we must recognize that Crete is no longer tenable and that troops must be withdrawn as far as possible.

  恐怕我们必须承认，克里特岛不能再守下去，部队必须尽量撤出。

• The view that the earth is flat was no longer tenable .

  认为地球是平的这一观点站不住脚了。

• The scholarship will be tenable for one year, covering the full cost of the scholar"s university fee, hall fee and monthly stipends .

  每期奖学金为时一年，其费用包括了学者的学费，住宿费和每月的生活津贴。

• What reason would the establishment give, that would be a tenable excuse?

  那权势集团会给出什么样的站得住脚的理由呢？