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单词 tenable
释义
tenable
adjective
formal
uk
/ˈten.ə.bəl/us
/ˈten.ə.bəl/
(of anopinionorposition)ableto bedefendedsuccessfullyorheldfor aparticularperiodoftime:
（观点）站得住脚的；（职位）可保持一段时间的
Histheoryis nolongertenable in thelightof therecentdiscoveries.根据最新的发现，他的理论已经站不住脚了。
Thefellowshipis tenablefor(=lastsfor)threeyears.这个研究员职位任期为3年。
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(Definition oftenablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tenable| Business English

tenable
adjective
uk
/ˈtenəbl/us
reasonable, orpossibletoachieveordefend:
The Board hasdecidedthat hispositionaschairmanisnolongertenable.
atenableapproach/solution/pointofview
HR
ajobthat is tenable for aparticularperiodoftime, or from aparticulardate, can beheldfor thatperiodoftimeor from thatdate:
tenable from sthApplications areinvitedfor thechairof Governors, tenable from 1September2011.
(Definition oftenablefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftenable

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Some of the principal roles of taxonomies are to facilitate human understanding, impart structure on an ontology and promotetenableintegration.
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This assumes that the relative frequencies of these most common words remain constant over development, which may or may not be atenableassumption.
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Such a hypothesis is, however, nottenablewhen considering predominantly subtidal organisms.
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I think we did the best we could under difficult circumstances to achieve atenable, if not perfect, consensus.
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This possibility becomes lesstenable, however, when other experimental evidence is brought to bear.
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However, these hypotheses do not seem to be empiricallytenable(yet).
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Considerable literature shows that only under extremely restrictive conditions is the latter positiontenable.
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I would claim that none of the movements we have tried to describe were academicallytenableexcept as experiments.
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However, the research makes it clear that this strong position is no longertenable.
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It is difficult at present to find atenablealternative to some sort of storage of information to explain these ventral processes.
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I believe the premise of the book is not simply unsatisfying, but no longertenable.
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In effect, one then has several interfaces that just happen to be written in one file - atenablesituation.
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Most of the anti's now admit that the case for absolute abolition is no longertenable.
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To think that the ontogenic development of language learning can be a window on the evolution of language as such is not atenableoption.
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The same view is not seriouslytenablein today's smaller world.
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