be untenable
untenable 常用作表语,说明论点、立场、理论等无法辩护或维持。
His argument is untenable.
他的论点站不住脚。
站不住脚的;无法维持的
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
站不住脚的;无法维持的
incapable of being defended or justified
His argument is untenable.
他的论点站不住脚。
无法维持的,站不住脚的(如观点或立场)
Not able to be held or sustained, such as of an opinion or position.
不适合居住的
Unfit for habitation.
The scientist's theory became untenable after new evidence was published.
在新证据发表后,这位科学家的理论变得站不住脚了。
Her argument was untenable because it ignored the most important facts.
她的论点站不住脚,因为它忽略了最重要的事实。
They had to abandon the plan because their position was financially untenable.
他们不得不放弃这个计划,因为他们的立场在经济上无法维持。
untenable 常用作表语,说明论点、立场、理论等无法辩护或维持。
His argument is untenable.
他的论点站不住脚。
作定语时,常修饰 argument、theory、position 等名词;position 也可指军事阵地,表示“无法防守的”。
They were forced to withdraw from an untenable position.
他们被迫从一个无法防守的阵地撤出。
这是 find + 宾语 + 形容词补足语的结构,表示“认为……难以成立”。
The judge found the claim untenable.
法官认为这一主张站不住脚。
prove 作系动词时,untenable 作表语,强调经过检验后站不住脚。
The plan proved untenable.
这个计划被证明无法维持。
Not this
His argument cannot untenable because it is based on false facts.
Use this
His argument is untenable because it is based on false facts.
「untenable」是形容词,不能放在情态动词 cannot 后面当动词用;应把它改成作表语的形容词,与系动词 is 连用。
Not this
He was untenable after his scandal was exposed.
Use this
His position was untenable after his scandal was exposed.
「untenable」的主语应是 argument、theory、position 等事物,不能是人;表示某人职位无法再维持时,要说 His position was untenable,而不能说 He was untenable。
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站不住脚的立场;无法维持的处境
The government found itself in an untenable position.
政府发现自己陷入了无法维持的处境。
站不住脚的论点
His argument was untenable once the facts came out.
事实一出来,他的论点就站不住脚了。
站不住脚的理论
The theory became untenable after the new evidence.
新证据出现后,这个理论就站不住脚了。
站不住脚的说法;无法辩护的主张
The claim is untenable because it contradicts the data.
这一说法站不住脚,因为它与数据相矛盾。
无法维持的局面
She resigned because her working situation had become untenable.
她辞职了,因为她的工作处境已变得无法维持。
站不住脚的前提
The entire argument rests on an untenable premise.
整个论点都建立在一个站不住脚的前提上。
Use untenable naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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记:un-(不)+ tenable(可站住的)=站不住脚的。想象一把站不稳的梯子,论点也像它一样撑不住。
语域:formal 常见场景:学术论文、法律辩论、政治评论 这是一个较正式的词,多用于学术、法律或政治讨论中,表示观点或立场无法辩护或维持;日常口语中较少使用。
与 untenable 真正押韵的词只有 tenable(同 /ˈtenəbl/)。拼写相近的 -enable / -nable 结尾容易误导:deniable(/dɪˈnaɪəbl/)、sustainable(/səˈsteɪnəbl/)、reasonable(/ˈriːzənəbl/)、renewable(/rɪˈnjuːəbl/)、amenable(/əˈmiːnəbl/)的重读元音各不相同,均不押韵。
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