站不住脚的

He gave a lame excuse for being absent.

他找了个站不住的借口来解释缺席的。

This argument, however, does not hold water.

是,这种观点是站不住的。

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

只有最天真的人才相信这么一个站不住的借口!

He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.

他想用站不住的借口为自己的缺席辩解。

This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.

这证明认为儿童只地模仿的理论是站不住的。

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

我觉得你的理论是站不住的, 必须予以摒弃。