defensible
adjective /dɪˈfensəbl/
/dɪˈfensəbl/
- able to be supported by reasons or arguments that show that it is right or should be allowed
可辩解的；合乎情理的；有正当理由的 - Is abortion morally defensible?
堕胎从道德上讲合乎情理吗？ - Is it morally defensible to deny legal advice to a prisoner?
拒绝向囚犯提供法律建议在道德上是否合理？ - There is no defensible basis for this argument.
这个论点没有可辩护的依据。
- Is abortion morally defensible?
- (of a place
地方 可防御的；可守护的
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘capable of giving protective defence’): from late Latin defensibilis, from Latin defendere, from de- ‘off’ + -fendere ‘to strike’.