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un·ten·a·ble /ʌnˈtenəbəl/ adjective formal 1 an untenable situation has become so difficult that it is impossible to continue 〔局面〕难以维持的 The scandal put the president in an untenable position. 这桩丑闻使总统处境艰难。2. TRUE#an untenable argument, suggestion etc is impossible to defend 〔论点等〕站不住脚的，不堪一击的Examples from the Corpusuntenable• But by the time I came along, that seemed clearly untenable.• It has been suggested that seasonal migrations could explain their presence, but this hypothesis is untenable.• She has made my position here in Hochhauser untenable.• They collectively dismissed the prospect as untenable.• Today, however, such an assertion is wholly untenable.• Government restrictions have put the business in an untenable position.• It was a ghoulish and, I knew immediately, untenable situation.un·ten·a·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable untenable has so Corpus difficult situation become an |