英语释义

• (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified

片语

untenable adj防守不住的

untenable a不能防守的

indefensible站不住脚的；不能防卫的；无辩护余地的

Almost Untenable几乎站不住

untenable argument不能自圆其说

Shuffle reason is untenable推诿理由都站不住脚

untenable administrative act行政行为不成立

英汉例句

• prof van wolde added: "the traditional view of god the creator is untenable now.

  范·沃尔德教授补充道：「认为上帝是创世主的老观点，现在已经站不住脚了。」

• prejudice and lies are untenable and the cold war mentality has no popular support.

  他表示，偏见和谎言站不住脚，冷战思维不得人心。

• the next day mr donilon drafted a ten-point memo summarising the president’s view that the status quo in egypt was untenable and that political change was inevitable.

  第二天，donilon草拟了一份概括了奥巴马看法「十点备忘录」：他认为，如今埃及的抗议活动已经防守不住，政治改革势在必行。

• it is untenable for anyone to arbitrarily make any irresponsible remarks on china「s national defense construction aimed at safeguarding national security and territorial integrity.

  任何人对中国为维护国家安全和领土完整所进行的国防建设说三道四，都是站不住脚的。

• it is untenable and detrimental to both sides to accuse and pressure one another on this issue or even resort to trade protectionism.

  在这个问题上一味指责施压，甚至动辄采取贸易保护主义措施是毫无道理的，结果只能损人害己。

• buffett previously said he would have nothing further to say about sokol」s actions, a stance that became untenable over time given the intense pressure on the conglomerate.

  巴菲特之前曾说过他不会对索科尔的行为进一步说话，但鑒于来自集团内部的极大压力，这一立场变得无法维持。

• however, arranging a meeting for every check-in quickly becomes untenable on all but the most critical of projects.

  然而，每次提交代码都得安排一次会议的做法，除了最要紧的项目，很快就会坚持不下去。

• in sum, the nation would no longer have to make the untenable choice between taxpayer bailouts and market chaos.

  总的来说，国家再也不用在由纳税人买单还是市场混乱之间难以做出抉择。

• unless there is a change of policy on this issue towards transparency and cooperation, both states will remain on this untenable collision course in space.

  除非在透明度和合作方面这一问题的政策有所改变，否则两个国家会继续在这一事件上维持不可缓和的沖突。

• even agnostics, who claim to have no opinion on god, may be persuaded that their position is an untenable waffle.

  即便是对上帝之存在不置可否的不可知论者，也可能会被说服，认为他们所持的观点是站不住脚的胡言乱语。

• if you need to restart the production application every time the log settings are changed, the situation will become untenable quickly.

  如果每次修改日志的设置之后都需要重新启动产品应用程序，那么情况就会变得非常不可靠了。