Untenable
[ʌn'tenəb(ə)l] or [ʌn'tɛnəbl]
解釋/意思:
adj. not tenable not defensible.—ns. Untenabil′ity Unten′ableness.
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例句/造句/用法:
- I really wonder, sir,' rejoined the old pupil in an argumentative manner, 'to find you taking a position so untenable. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- At first I thought he might be Tarzan of the Apes; but he neither speaks nor understands English, so that theory is untenable. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The above extracts are good illustrations, however, of scientific opinions up to the end of 1879, when Mr. Edison's epoch-making invention rendered them entirely untenable. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The captured line thus held being untenable, and of no advantage to us, the troops were withdrawn, but not without heavy loss. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- In short, his post became untenable; and having swallowed his quantum of tea, he judged it expedient to evacuate. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Lookout Valley being of no present value to us, and being untenable by the enemy if we should secure Missionary Ridge, Hooker's orders were changed. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
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