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supportable

/suh-pawr-tuh-buhl, -pohr-/US // səˈpɔr tə bəl, -ˈpoʊr- //UK // (səˈpɔːtəbəl) //

可支持的,可支持,可以支持的,可以支持

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.

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Examples

  • In other words, the anti-marathon arguments are based not on facts (at least, not supportable ones) but on sentiment.

  • It is hard to imagine he has any remotely supportable defense.

  • Negotiators can make compromises only when they are politically possible and politically supportable.

  • The heat was very great, and was only supportable when one kept a drenched handkerchief under one's hat.

  • But a few days and it will be supportable; a few months and it will have become no more than a tender melancholy.

  • Command my influence to render your exile and that of this interesting young person more supportable.

  • "In her case the end would make any sort of means supportable," Honoria answered.

  • James's presence is of the greatest comfort to me, and alone enables me to make my cabin supportable.