tenable 音标拼音: [t'ɛnəbəl]
a . 可守的,可主张的,有条理的,成立的
可守的,可主张的,有条理的,成立的
tenable adj 1 :
based on sound reasoning or evidence ; "
well -
founded suspicions " [
synonym : {
tenable }, {
well -
founded }]
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a . [
F .
tenable ,
fr .
tenir to hold ,
L .
tenere .
See {
Thin },
and cf . {
Continue },
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Continent }, {
Entertain }, {
Maintain }, {
Tenant }, {
Tent }.]
Capable of being held ,
maintained ,
or defended ,
as against an assailant or objector ,
or against attempts to take or process ;
as ,
a tenable fortress ,
a tenable argument .
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1913 Webster ]
If you have hitherto concealed his sight ,
Let it be tenable in your silence still . --
Shak .
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I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause when it was tenable . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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42 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tenable ":
OK ,
acceptable ,
admissible ,
agreeable ,
all right ,
alright ,
arguable ,
believable ,
colorable ,
conceivable ,
condonable ,
credible ,
creditable ,
defendable ,
defensible ,
excusable ,
fiduciary ,
good enough ,
imaginable ,
impregnable ,
justifiable ,
maintainable ,
okay ,
passable ,
plausible ,
possible ,
rational ,
reasonable ,
reliable ,
secure ,
supportable ,
trustworthy ,
trusty ,
unexceptionable ,
unimpeachable ,
unobjectionable ,
unquestionable ,
viable ,
vindicable ,
warrantable ,
workable ,
worthy of faith
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