tenable [ˈtɛnəbəl]

例句:

• The only way his role can be clarified and his position made tenable again is if there's a public inquiry.
  弄清他扮演的角色并再次证明他的合理立场的唯一办法是展开公开调查。
  来自柯林斯例句
• The old idea that this work was not suitable for women was no longer tenable.
  认为这种工作不适合妇女的旧想法再也站不住脚了。
  
• This argument isn't tenable.
  这个论点站不住脚.
  
• I had to retreat to a more tenable position.
  来自W. C. Williams
• It is simply not thermodynamically tenable to argue otherwise.
  来自SA
• Is it tenable that you should hold on under these circumstances?
  来自BBC