tenable
['tenəbl]
adj. （主张等）站得住脚的；可维持的
同义词
参考例子
1.The ostensible excuse—that it is unable to do so—looks less tenable now it has some military successes against the Taliban.
既然已经取得了一些军事胜利，那么表面上借口无法给予援助如今看来更加不成立。
2.I believe that our contemporary pragmatists, especially Messrs. Schiller and Dewey, have given the only tenable account of this subject.
我相信当代的实用主义者，特别是席勒和杜威两位先生，对于这个问题已经给了我们唯一有条理的解释。
3.The basic problem from a scientific point of view is that some explanations which might be tenable from a chemical point of view, are precluded by physics.
从科学的角度来看，一个最基本的困难是：某些解释或许从化学的角度来看是合理的，但是从物理学的立场来看却又被否定。
英文解释
adj.
1.based on sound reasoning or evidence
网络释义
tenable
可守的; 能防御的; 可主张的; 可防守的，守得住的;
tenable environment
耐受环境; 耐受;
Tenable situation
尚可支持;
be tenable
站得住脚; 成立;