词汇释义
untenableUK /ʌnˈten.ə.bəl/ US /ʌnˈten.ə.bəl/TEM8 GRE
adj, An argument, theory, or position that is untenable cannot be defended successfully against criticism or attack. 论点、理论或立场经不起反驳的，不堪一击的，站不住脚的
外刊例句
1. And even if you start a BBC career self-describing as working class, a few years later, outlook and circumstance can alter to a degree that renders the label untenable.(The Guardian)
2. This is untenable; the new government must act swiftly to arrest this decline or risk a crisis in both health and social care.(The Guardian)
3. Sure, there are cases where a manager's position has become untenable and a change has to be made, but from my experience and understanding, with a bit more effort from the club very few struggling relationships are irreparable.(The Guardian - Sport)
4. "Therefore, it is with great regret and disappointment that I have formed the view that the events of the past few weeks places the centre in an untenable position as it lacks the support needed across the university and the broader academic community to meet its contractual obligations and deliver value for money for Australian taxpayers," he said.(The Guardian)
5. UWA handed back the funding and dropped its connection with Lomborg, saying that lack of support among its academics made the centre untenable.(The Guardian)
6. The FAI felt that Trapattoni's position had become untenable; that the players were no longer responding to his methods, which had brought qualified success during his tenure.(The Guardian - Sport)
7. The exchange was one of the key incidents in Carmody's falling out with his colleagues, which has led to his offer to resign to end an "untenable" situation.(The Guardian)
8. But an ageing population means the demands on the NHS will soon be untenable.(The Guardian)
9. People are leaving the countryside to the cities driven by poverty, the same way people leave poor countries to go to rich countries, simply because their situation is untenable," the Nigerien leader said.(The Guardian)
10. He provided the government and Parliament with the flawed and untenable argument that war with Iraq was justified on the grounds that the UN Security Council had authorised the use of force.(The Guardian)
11. Wishart denied that would backfire on the SNP in rural areas because it would put Labour in the untenable position of asking its voters to back the Tories.(The Guardian)
12. Conversely if the UUP leader fails to dislodge McCrea the UUP-Tory project will be judged to have been a failure and Empey's position as party chief would be untenable.(The Guardian)
词汇搭配
untenable situation, position, theory, argument
词汇来源
1640s, "indefensible, incapable of being held against attack," from un- (1) "not" + tenable (adj.). Figurative sense is recorded from 1690s.
近义词
indefensible, undefendable, unarguable
反义词
tenable, defensible
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