Tenable

(adj.) based on sound reasoning or evidence; 'well-founded suspicions' .

录入:曼蒂

• But when she was in conversation with Mrs. Plymdale that comforting explanation seemed no longer tenable. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I ask you now, is such a theory tenable? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• It is for the sciences to say what generalizations are tenable about the world and what they specifically are. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

手打:苏珊