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单词 contestable
释义
contestable
adjective
uk
/kənˈtes.tə.bəl/us
/kənˈtes.t̬ə.bəl/
A contestablestatement,claim,legaldecision, etc. is one that ispossibletoargueabout ortryto havechangedbecause it may bewrong:
可争论的；可质疑的
What reallyhappenedwas, andremainsto thisday,obscureand contestable.真实情况在过去模糊不清、充满争议，到现在仍然如此。
business,finance & economicsspecialized
A contestablemarketis one that it isfairlyeasyfor newcompaniestoenter.
（新公司比较容易进入的）可竞争的（市场）
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(Definition ofcontestablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontestable

contestable
The expected actual loss of patients is most commonly assessed using the concept of 'contestablezip codes'.
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Judgments concerning the appropriateness of sanctions for wrongdoing are highlycontestable.
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Our positions in the philosophy of language are ascontestableas are our claims in the philosophy of law.
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Robins shares this perspective, although it is quitecontestable.
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Judgments could draw on historical analogies, simulations based on data from the past and/or theoretical deductions, each of which is necessarilycontestable.
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However, other methods of accounting for natural resource stock depreciation arecontestableas well and/or are extremely data-intensive.
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However, it has so far been assumed that traditional medical duties or responsibilities apply to medically trained interrogators, and this assumption iscontestable.
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In the ' unknown seller ' example there is a plausible butcontestablereason for the defendant's possession of goods.
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His explicitly functionalist argumentation iscontestable, as is the primacy he gives to industrialization in explaining the genesis and maintenance of nationalism.
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The problem here is that this ties the seemingly generic concept of "unjustified harm" to a fairly specific (andcontestable) part of the moral landscape.
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The more limited the public that bestows it, of course, the morecontestablethe authority.
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Where fees are back-loaded, the industry is lesscontestable.
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A greater reliance on up-front fees, which allow for earlier payback to pension companies, would make the industry morecontestable.
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They remain contingent andcontestable.
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The argument is concise and comparatively easy to grasp, and it avoids employing some of the difficult primitive terms andcontestablepremises of those earlier efforts.
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