Wordiyotenable
🇬🇧 UK/'tenəbl/🇺🇸 US/'tenәbl/
IELTSGREA1
Definitions
adj.
Able to be logically defended or justified; well-founded.
站得住脚的；合理的；可维护的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.tenable position站得住脚的立场
- 2.tenable argument站得住脚的论点
- 3.no longer tenable不再成立
- 4.hardly tenable几乎难以成立
Example Sentences
- 1.
His argument that climate change is a hoax is simply not tenable.
- 2.
The scientist's hypothesis remained tenable even after rigorous peer review.
- 3.
It is no longer tenable to ignore the growing evidence of systemic inequality.