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    If a position, argument, or situation is untenable, it cannot be defended or kept going any longer - it is going to fail or has to be given up. You often hear it about a job, a political position, or an argument: "his position became untenable" means people stopped believing he could keep it.

    站不住腳的、無法維持的

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組成un- (not) + tenable (able to be held or defended, from Latin "tenere", to hold)

同家族的字

  • tenantshares the Latin root "tenere", to hold - a tenant is someone who holds or occupies a place
  • maintainshares the Latin root "tenere", to hold - to maintain is to keep holding something up

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

untenableadj

  • 1

    Not able to be held or sustained, such as of an opinion or position.

    • The theory of cold fusion was untenable.
    • They are seeking to escape from the unpleasant implications of an untenable status dilemma. They desire but cannot afford a prestigious social status.
  • 2

    Unfit for habitation.

    • […] ceilings, staircases, all that make a house habitable had vanished in the flare of his conflagration, and since his soul could no longer dwell there, it dwelt instead, so to speak, in the pleasant garden which surrounded the untenable house.
    • The floor was a veritable mud puddle, and even the meager bedding of old reindeer skins was wet from the dripping walls and ceiling. This untenable dwelling housed a family of six Eskimos: a grandmother, father and mother and three children.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。