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单词 tenable
释义
tenableten‧a‧ble /ˈtenəbəl/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINtenable
Origin:
1500-1600 French tenir; TENANT
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • For scientific theories to be considered tenable, they must survive refutation.
  • Looking at the second proviso, we can see that the position was a cruel one, insincere and hardly tenable.
  • Now, though so politically convenient a view is no longer tenable, no easy alternative presents itself.
  • The conventional wisdom now holds that these measures softened and civilized capitalism and made it tenable.
  • The notion of contrast between pain in a reality and pleasure in a representation is not tenable.
  • University Studentships are tenable in all Faculties except Medicine.
a belief, argument etc that is tenable is reasonable and can be defended successfully:  an idea which is no longer tenable
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