1.
Mary offered only a lame apology.
玛丽只作了一个站不住脚的辩解。
2.
He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.
他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
3.
But under just a bit of scrutiny, that defense quickly falls apart.
但是稍加审查，这个辩解就站不住脚。
4.
He is guarded in his answers, but his excuses are groundless. His guilt is obvious.
他谨慎地回答，但其辩解站不住脚，他明显有罪。
5.
The plea, so often advanced, that this was because they did not like the foreign policy, was feeble.
他们经常提出辩解，说这是因为对外交政策不满，这种辩解是站不住脚的。
6.
An intellectually untenable justification for police brutality.
为警方暴行而作的在理性上站不住脚的辩护。
7.
He doesn't have a leg to stand on in this deBate.
在这次辩护中，他完全站不住脚
8.
His argument won't wash.
他的论点站不住脚。
9.
Your excuse won't wash.
你的托辞站不住脚。
10.
Her argument was feeble.
她的论点站不住脚。
11.
He gave a lame excuse for being late.
他说了个站不住脚的理由解释他迟到的原因。
12.
He spent an entire day in riddling unsupported statements.
他花了整整一天的时间，猜解那些站不住脚的论点
13.
Of course, Harrison's analysis was inoperative.
哈里森的分析显然是站不住脚的。
14.
His excuse for his absence from classes is not valid .
他缺课的理由是站不住脚的。
15.
"Whatever you may think, such a theory of yours does not hold water, anyway"
无伦如何,你的这种理论是站不住脚的。
16.
The status quo is seen as untenable.
维持其现状的观点看来是站不住脚的。
17.
The pretext was weak, even fishy.
借口是站不住脚的，甚至是可疑的。
18.
a flimsy excuse [argument]
站不住脚的借口 [薄弱的论据]