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untenable

/uhn-ten-uh-buhl/US // ʌnˈtɛn ə bəl //UK // (ʌnˈtɛnəbəl) //

站不住脚,站不住脚的,不成立的,站不住脚的人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : incapable of being defended, as an argument, thesis, etc.; indefensible.
    • : not fit to be occupied, as an apartment, house, etc.

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Examples

  • Climate change, which exacerbates these risks, seems to have finally tipped the balance of what was an increasingly untenable situation, says Anthony LeRoy Westerling, who is also at UC Merced.

  • This summer has seen more fires, more heat, more storms — all of it making life increasingly untenable in larger areas of the nation.

  • Chrome made up most of DigiTrust’s cookie aggregation, making its future untenable.

  • Bloom even announced the result in a lecture, only to realize afterward that some of their shortcuts were untenable.

  • “I appreciate the issue getting attention because it’s just an untenable situation,” he said.

  • He added that if the agreement eventually proves untenable, “we could walk any time.”

  • Does this hunk of glass make up for his untenable relationships?

  • The enemy effected and exploited a breach on the left flank, rendering the friendly positions untenable.

  • But two failed wars and a massive national debt have made their ultra-expensive, ultra-bloody foreign policy vision untenable.

  • Rebel-held territory in northern Syria has grown untenable for professional journalists and aid workers as well.

  • The popping of dry, scrubby timber warned us that our position would soon be untenable.

  • Now, in our judgment, both the positions successively taken up in the Majority Report are untenable.

  • But in the light of scientific discoveries and demonstrations, such a belief is unfounded and utterly untenable to-day.

  • Hence, although seriously inconvenienced, the French did not find their position untenable.

  • From the square itself Beresford was forced by artillery fire to retreat, and the situation was soon seen to be untenable.