Scientists jumped to the rescue with some distinctly shaky evidence to the effect that insects would eat us up if birds failed to control them.

科学家们急忙介入，但提出的证据显然站不住脚，其大意是，如果鸟类不能控制的数，便会吞噬我们人类。

Now, as it turns out, that appearance is deceptive.

事实证明，这种说法站不住脚。

Those allegations, which many thought far-fetched at the time, have now been formally confirmed.

这些在当时看来站不住脚的指控如今已被官方证实。

They should start by discarding California's lame argument that exploring the contents of a smart phone — a vast storehouse of digital information is similar to say, sifting through a suspect's purse.

法官们首先就应该予以摒弃，智能手机是个巨大的数据息仓库，而加州关于“搜查智能手机的内容，就像在搜查嫌疑犯的钱包”的说辞是站不住脚的。

To see which of these ideas are borne out. And which don't hold water.

看看哪种观点最后得到了证实，哪种观点站不住脚。

But even this more nuanced approach doesn't seem to hold water.

即使这些细微的推进似乎站不住脚。

But even she knew that was kinda lame, that theory was nothing.

但即使是她自道这有点站不住脚，这个理论不能解释什么。

Your logic is as wobbly as the dining room chairs she can't afford to replace.

你这逻辑和她换不起的椅子一样完全站不住脚。

So the studies are there, and it's clear that the fear of artificial sweeteners, especially aspartame, just doesn't hold up.

所以综合上述研究，很明显，人们对人造甜味剂的恐惧，尤其是阿斯巴甜，根本站不住脚。

So they ignore the data, they try to cut funding for climate research — because they know it will undermine their political argument.

因此，他们忽略了这些数据，试图削减气候研究的资金——因为他们道，这将导致他们的政治立场站不住脚。

If evidence is flimsy, it's weak and unconvincing.

如果证据站不住脚，那它就是薄弱的，不能令人服。

Perhaps it won't surprise you that I don't find this second argument persuasive either.

可能你们不会意外听到我说第二个观点同样站不住脚。

Republicans have to be very careful not to be seen as defending the indefensible.

共和党人必须非常小心，以免被视为在捍卫站不住脚的事情。

He discovered that much of the dietary advice he had heard was either incorrect or based on flimsy evidence.

他发现，他听到的许多饮食建议要么是不正确的，要么基于的证据站不住脚。

The opinion does not survive experience of a popular Continental camping place.

但这种说法在受人欢迎的欧洲露营地是站不住脚的。

So, unlike those containers, this hypothesis just didn't hold water.

所以，与那些容器不同的是，这个假说是站不住脚的。

Modern genetic research has largely discredited these ideas.

现代基因研究已经让这些想法站不住脚了。

But that may no longer be true.

但这种理论可能再站不住脚。

I think actually, I've learned over the years, the advice actually is tenuous.

我认为实际上，这些年来我了解到，这个建议实际上是站不住脚的。

Please note — these excuses do not hold up in court.

请注意——这些借口在法庭上站不住脚。