tenable
adj. 守得住的; 可防守的; 站得住腳的; 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...
這個論點根本站不住腳。
The only way his role can be clarified and his position made tenable again is if there's a public inquiry.
弄清他扮演的角色並再次證明他的合理立場的唯一辦法是展開公開調查。
1. based on sound reasoning or evidence;
In some situations, this assumption may not be tenable.
在一些情況下, 這種假設可能不成立的.
The view that the earth is flat is no longer tenable.
認為地球是平的這一觀點站不住腳了.
He's got a scholarship tenable for four years.
他已得到為期四年的獎學金.
From the deep structure of transferred epithet, its internal language meaning can be tenable.
從移就的深層結構來看, 其內在的話語意義是可以成立的.
In a word, our theory is tenable.
綜上所述, 我們的理論成立.