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ten·a·ble
/ˈtɛnəbəl/
(
a
.)可守的,可主張的,有條理的,成立的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ten·a·ble
a.
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
.
If
you
have
hitherto
concealed
his
sight
,
Let
it
be
tenable
in
your
silence
still
. --
Shak
.
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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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
tenable
adj
:
based
on
sound
reasoning
or
evidence
; "
a
reasonable
argument
"; "
well-founded
suspicions
" [
syn
:
well-founded
]
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