arguable

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1 UNCERTAINnot certain, or not definitely true or correct, and therefore easy to doubt 無把握的，有疑問的 SYN debatable

Whether or not Webb is the best person for the job is arguable.

韋布是不是這個職務的最佳人選尚待商榷。

2 it is arguable that used in order to give good reasons why something might be true 有理由說

It’s arguable that the legislation has had little effect on young people’s behaviour.

可以說這個立法對年輕人的行爲影響不大。

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it is arguable that• Some tragedy consoles, after all, and it is arguable that some of its consolations are facile and false.• Indeed, it is arguable that the different speeds of financial liberalisation are a prime cause of world trade and savings imbalances.• This is no semantic nicety; rather, it is arguable that the distinction reveals something of their political specificities.• And it is arguable that the mine closures were a blessing, not the disaster which Susanna Rance seems to suggest.• Thus it is arguable that the traditions of the Comptroller's Department do not fit the task of examining commercial accounts.• These were the critical years, but it is arguable that this was the critical place.• Also, it is arguable that too much attention had been focused upon the spectacular and exciting youths.

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arguable• In short, though not yet fully attained, political democracy had become respectable, and Socialism had become arguable.• Yet there are arguable benefits from practising selective assessment.• Counsel further contended that on the affidavit evidence the debtor has an arguable claim that the solicitors were negligent in two respects.• The two contentions can seem analogous, but the second concerns overt motive, the first a highly arguable interpretation.• If there are arguable points, the rules are clear.• Industry bosses oppose the new safety requirements because of the higher cost and arguable safety advantages.• It is arguable that married women no longer need the protection afforded to them by cases like these.• It is arguable that the provision does not apply to the transferor.• It is arguable that this interest has intensified under the present Conservative government.• Some items are frankly fakes; others are of arguable value.

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