untenable

[美國]/ʌnˈtenəbl/
[英國]/ʌnˈtenəbl/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

adj. (尤指辯論中的立場)站不住腳的,不堪一擊的,難以防守的

例句

an intellectually untenable justification for police brutality.

爲警方暴行而作的在理性上站不住腳的辯護。

I find your theory is untenable and it must be rejected.

我覺得你的理論是站不住腳的, 必須予以摒棄。

The company's financial situation is untenable.

公司的財務狀況不堪設想。

The argument he presented was untenable.

他提出的論點站不住腳。

The decision to cut funding is untenable.

削減資金的決定站不住腳。

The candidate's position on the issue is untenable.

候選人對這個問題的立場站不住腳。

The current system is untenable and needs to be changed.

目前的制度站不住腳,需要改變。

The landlord's demands are untenable.

房東的要求站不住腳。

The professor's argument was proven to be untenable.

教授的論點被證明站不住腳。

The plan to increase taxes is untenable.

增加稅收的計劃站不住腳。

The company's position on the issue is untenable.

公司在這個問題上的立場站不住腳。

The evidence presented made the defendant's case untenable.

提出的證據使被告的案件站不住腳。

原聲例句

It would make an already difficult situation untenable.

這會讓本就艱難的形勢更加脆弱。

來源: Person of Interest Season 5

I mean, this is becoming completely untenable.

這已經變得完全站不住腳了。

來源: Financial Times

I mean, you know, his position would truly be untenable.

我的意思是,他真的很難保住自已的職位。

來源: NPR News September 2021 Compilation

One MP from his own Conservative Party called his position untenable but several cabinet colleagues have backed Mr. Johnson.

一名來自其所屬保守黨的議員稱約翰遜已無法勝任他的職位,但幾名內閣同僚支持約翰遜。

來源: BBC Listening Collection January 2022

It's just untenable and Nancy Pelosi would recognize that as well.

這是不可能的,南希·佩洛西也會意識到這一點。

來源: CNN 10 Student English October 2020 Collection

Even routine immunization, which typically occurs in clinics, became untenable in many areas.

即使是常規的疫苗接種,通常在診所內完成的那種,很多地方也都已經難以維繫。

來源: New York Times

You can appreciate that under these conditions, our situation had become untenable.

我們明白,在這種處境下,我們再不能這樣持續下去了。

來源: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

But, my friends, if that ancient egg ever breaks, this barn will be untenable.

“不過我的朋友們,萬一那老掉牙的蛋破了,穀倉可就受不了啦。”

來源: Charlotte's Web

The Party backed his demand. And Prime Minister Letta's position immediately became untenable.

該黨支持他的要求。總理萊塔的地位很快就變得岌岌可危。

來源: BBC Listening February 2014 Collection

But now admits operational constraints such as the availability of court space may make an April date untenable.

但目前又承認,由於無法確保法庭空間等操作限制問題,很難在四月開始審判。

來源: BBC Listening Collection March 2013

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