| 单词 | tenable |
| 释义 | tenable (once / 2400 pages) adj If your teacher says your position on the benefits of abolishing homework is not tenable, she means it is not based in fact. To be tenable is to be evidence-based and well-founded. Tenable comes from the Latin root tenir which means "to hold," as in "hold together." If your plan is tenable, it will probably hold together when you execute it, or hold up to scrutiny. It's good to note that the opposite of tenable is untenable and not intenable, though throughout history both have been used. WORD FAMILYtenable: tenability, tenableness, tenably, untenable+/untenable: untenably USAGE EXAMPLES“We could be far more aggressive now than we could if we were public,” said Steve Vintz, Tenable’s chief financial officer. Wall Street Journal(Nov 15, 2016) Trump’s 2015 iteration – that the free enterprise system could also have saved the car industry – was simply not tenable, according to experts. Washington Post(Oct 18, 2016) For better or worse, that is no longer a tenable position. Slate(Oct 19, 2016) adj based on sound reasoning or evidence Syn well-founded reasonable, sensible showing reason or sound judgment |
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