站不住脚的英文
英语翻译
have not a leg to stand on
参考释义
- 站不住脚[zhànbuzhùjiǎo]
-havenotalegtostandon;bedonefor;beuntenable;cannotbejustified;cannotholdone'sground;cannotholdwater;(Whatyousaid)doesn'tholdwater.;groundless;ill-founded;ill-grounded;impossibletodefend;unabletoconsolidateone'sposition;unabletogetafooting;unabletostand[maintain]one'sground:
Hehasn'talegtostandforthistheoryofhis.他的这种理论是站不住脚的。
Yourargumentisill-founded.你的理由站不住脚。
实用例句
- 玛丽非常机敏，你无法用一种站不住脚的理由使她信服。
Mary is no mug and you won't convince her with a feeble excuse like that. - 他找了个站不住脚的理由来解释缺席的原因。
He gave a lame excuse for being absent. - 谎言总是站不住脚的。
Lies have short legs. - 他的藉口站不住脚，很快就没词儿了（不作声了）。
His feeble excuses soon tailed off (into silence).
