站不住脚

He gave a lame excuse for being absent.

他找了个住脚的来解释缺席的原因。

He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.

他想用住脚的自己的缺席辩解。

I find your theory is untenable and it must be rejected.

我觉得你的理论住脚的, 必予以摒弃。

This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.

这证明认儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论住脚的。

I incline to the view that this conclusion is untenable.

我赞同该结论住脚这一观点。

Only the most ingenuous person would believe such a weak excuse!

只有最天真的人才会相信这么一个住脚的!

This argument, however, does not hold water.

但,这种观点住脚的。

The argument won't wash.

那个论点住脚。