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tenable

/ten-uh-buhl/US // ˈtɛn ə bəl //UK // (ˈtɛnəbəl) //

合理的,可行的,可行,可持续

Related Words

plausible可信的,合理的,有道理的,可信defensible可防御的,可捍卫的,可辩护的,可防御性justifiable合理的,合理,合法的,合法arguable可论证的,可论证,可争论的,可争辩的rational理性,合理的,合理,理性的believable可信的,可信,可靠的,信得过的credible可信的,可信,可靠的,可信赖的excusable可原谅的,可原谅,情有可原,可笑impregnable坚不可摧的,坚不可摧,坚固的,坚如磐石reliable可靠的,可靠,可靠性,可靠地secure安全,安全的,稳固的sound声音,声响,音响,音效strong强大的,强有力,强壮的,强壮trustworthy值得信赖,值得信赖的,值得信任,值得信任的viable可行的,可行,可行性,有活力的condonable可宽恕的,可宽恕,可原谅的,可原谅defendable可辩护,可辩护的,可防御的,可防卫的maintainable可维护的,可维护,可维持的,可维持vindicable平反,平反的,平息,平反昭雪warrantable可担保的,可担保,可认证的,可证明的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against attack or dispute: a tenable theory.
    • : capable of being occupied, possessed, held, or enjoyed, as under certain conditions: a research grant tenable for two years.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.reasonable
Synonyms
arguable可论证的,可论证,可争论的,可争辩的defensible可防御的,可捍卫的,可辩护的,可防御性justifiable合理的,合理,合法的,合法plausible可信的,合理的,有道理的,可信rational理性,合理的,合理,理性的believable可信的,可信,可靠的,信得过的condonable可宽恕的,可宽恕,可原谅的,可原谅credible可信的,可信,可靠的,可信赖的defendable可辩护,可辩护的,可防御的,可防卫的excusable可原谅的,可原谅,情有可原,可笑impregnable坚不可摧的,坚不可摧,坚固的,坚如磐石maintainable可维护的,可维护,可维持的,可维持reliable可靠的,可靠,可靠性,可靠地secure安全,安全的,稳固的sound声音,声响,音响,音效strong强大的,强有力,强壮的,强壮trustworthy值得信赖,值得信赖的,值得信任,值得信任的viable可行的,可行,可行性,有活力的vindicable平反,平反的,平息,平反昭雪warrantable可担保的,可担保,可认证的,可证明的

Examples

  • It’s no longer tenable for companies like ExxonMobil to defy calls to align their businesses with decarbonizing the economy.

  • I believe that in this case, the claim that these videos and photographs violate the dignity of the dead is neither morally tenable nor historically accurate.

  • It was so expansive that once it came time for me to be serious and accept a certain type of isolation, I didn’t want to accept it, but it was tenable.

  • The time may be approaching when that clever maneuver is no longer tenable.

  • The shift has happened so suddenly and seismically that, to many people, the alternative no longer even appears tenable.

  • They severed the last railroad lifeline into Atlanta, making the Citadel of the Confederacy as it was touted no longer tenable.

  • Employee dumping is when employers find it tenable to pay the per-employee penalty for not providing health insurance.

  • That does not mean it is practical, advisable, tenable, moral or that it should be perpetual.

  • On the other hand, an exclusive focus on satisfaction is not tenable either.

  • He was at length convinced by the arguments of his opponents that the corn-laws were no longer tenable.

  • The common theory, therefore, of the calculation of chances, appears to be tenable.

  • Neither the harbour nor the town was tenable any longer, and orders were given for the embarkation of the troops.

  • Our position in the fort was only tenable, provided the troops on our left held their position.

  • A theory which the author continued to regard as partially tenable.

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