tenable
adj. 守得住的; 可防守的; 站得住脚的; 合理的
If you say that an argument, point of view, or situation is tenable, you believe that it is reasonable and could be successfully defended against criticism.
This argument is simply not tenable...
这个论点根本站不住脚。
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。
1. based on sound reasoning or evidence;
In some situations, this assumption may not be tenable.
在一些情况下, 这种假设可能不成立的.
The view that the earth is flat is no longer tenable.
认为地球是平的这一观点站不住脚了.
He's got a scholarship tenable for four years.
他已得到为期四年的奖学金.
From the deep structure of transferred epithet, its internal language meaning can be tenable.
从移就的深层结构来看, 其内在的话语意义是可以成立的.
In a word, our theory is tenable.
综上所述, 我们的理论成立.