| 单词 | contestable |
| 例句 | Postmodernists often assume that because facts are expressed in language they are inherently contestable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The judge's report contained much that was sensible, along with some things that were much more contestable. Leveson vote: no cause for hyperventilating 2013-03-17T23:46:18Z Mr. Williams didn’t ask those questions, and he also didn’t follow up on some contestable assertions – at least not on the edited version shown Wednesday night. What Brian Williams Should Have Asked Snowden 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z They’d say they’re the “conservative base” of the party, but the word “conservative” is contestable given their radical bent and their ideological and fiscal inconstancy depending on whether Donald Trump is president. Opinion: In the Matt Gaetz vs. Kevin McCarthy battle, the GOP's stupidity and hypocrisy is showing 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z "Having been made final, the Award is no longer contestable and is beyond compromise." US urges China to stop harassing vessels in South China Sea 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z "Some journalists seem to feel instinctively that debt is simply bad, full stop, and don't appear to realise this can be contested and contestable." Review of BBC financial coverage finds 'concerns but no systematic bias' 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z He also pointed to the fact that “the Pacific is a very contestable region right now” — a nod to the growing battle for influence between the United States and China. U.S. Recognition of Tiny Pacific Country Reshapes Its New Zealand Ties 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z “A ranking is the product of innumerable and contestable design choices,” Miles wrote to his students on Nov. 23. Law school revolt against U.S. News rankings gains steam 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z The levy was seen as a fairer fund-collecting mechanism than a general price adjustment clause that would allow suppliers themselves to pass price increases on to customers, which experts see as legally contestable. EXCLUSIVE Germany's gas levy cannot be implemented as planned, say sources 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z With no lapping floodwaters or smoking buildings, the tragedy becomes contestable to a degree that a natural disaster or terrorist attack cannot be. Dear Donald Trump: No, America is definitely not OK. It's your fault — and ours too 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z The sense among Ohioans at town halls that they are being cast as “bad people” for holding contestable but reasonable political views is palpable. Opinion | The Decline of Ohio and the Rise of J.D. Vance 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Labour Party lawmaker Lucy Powell said the Rwanda plan might please some Conservative supporters “and would certainly grab the headlines because it’s very controversial and contestable. But in reality, it is unworkable, expensive, and unethical.” UK plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda draws criticism 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Egypt offered little throughout, sticking to a game plan of maintaining a tight defence and breaking down any Senegal attack with heavily contestable challenges, while making the most of any contact on themselves. Mane sends Senegal to Qatar in shootout 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z “We want the market to be open and contestable.” How the EU is fighting tech giants with Margrethe Vestager 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z But those close to the 'save Boris' operation aren't expecting a 'smoking gun' - instead, they say, it's more likely there will be 'contestable' claims. Why has Sue Gray's report not yet appeared? 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z I’d like to think that it’s not particularly contestable these days to say that a game can be remarkable even if you don't lose yourself in it. Review | ‘Moncage’: Playing with a Rubik’s Cube of memories 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z “Science, as we know it, modern science and the scientific revolution came directly out of Christian faith. That is not contestable. It is a historical fact.” Evangelical author declares atheism dead, argues science refutes unbelief 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z “There is every reason to believe that he would use only lawful means to contest the electoral outcome, if a situation arises where the outcome is contestable,” he said by email. Trump adds to election anxiety by pushing legal boundaries 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z So with the Digital Markets Act, we want a very simple, fundamental thing: we want the market to be open and contestable. How the EU is fighting tech giants with Margrethe Vestager 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z “At stake is whether or not these markets will be open and contestable and innovative, or if they will just be governed by these walled gardens of de facto monopolies,” she said. ‘This Is a New Phase’: Europe Shifts Tactics to Limit Tech’s Power 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Without that comparison, in addition to the questions we've raised about online searches for medical symptoms, the evidence for Wuhan residents receiving treatment for coronavirus from August last year remains highly contestable. Did the coronavirus outbreak start in August 2019? 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z “What is clear in the law becomes contestable for Trump,” Zirin writes. Review | Trump’s legal strategy: If you can’t beat the case, beat the system 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Science students generally remain unaware that concepts such as elements and species are contested or are even contestable. Stop the science training that demands ‘don’t ask’ 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Because we have a lot of ambitions, but they should become real in everyday life, for businesses that want to be in an open, contestable market. How the EU is fighting tech giants with Margrethe Vestager 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z And when you do that, more decisions become contestable and controversial, great for pundits but bad for football in general and referees in particular. VAR’s Premier League bow provides cocktail of contrived and serious | Paul MacInnes 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z It started as a legitimate if contestable desire to reframe the postwar settlement, limit the state, promote business and individual self-reliance. There are reasons to be cheerful. These are the dying days of a rancid old order | Will Hutton 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z “This is absolutely contestable conditions if you look and see there are some great waves being ridden,” he added. Olympics: Mixed weather and waves at Tokyo 2020 surfing test event 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z There are several reasons to be cautious however, not least because making any assumptions about Conservative and Labour votes is contestable. Remain v hard Brexit: what the UK's EU election results tell us 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z While the Kremlin continues under current management, documentary evidence of its support for foreign legislators and political parties is bound to remain contestable and fragmented. Opinion | Putin’s far-right allies gear up for European elections 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z When truth becomes malleable and contestable regardless of evidence, a mere tussle of manufactured narratives, it becomes less about conveying facts than about picking sides, particularly in politics. Can truth survive this president? An honest investigation. 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z He also questioned the appropriateness of investing federal funds in “what is ultimately an ideological, contestable issue — the notion of gender fluidity.” $1 million federal grant will help study of transgender kids 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z There are characters in this book that brought us “firsts,” although I think firsts are contestable in computing history. How women helped build the internet, and why it matters 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Lederman wrote that the Office of Legal Counsel’s conclusion was “at the very least contestable,” adding: “A reviewing court might agree with it — but it might not.” Who’s the Real Head of the Consumer Watchdog Agency? A Legal Fight, Explained 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z On the other, his remarks, including a harsh, erroneous attack on Mrs Wilson, were highly partisan and contestable. America’s love affair with uniformed men is problematic 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z It ruled that the peer's statements "were, at the least, contestable and should have been challenged". BBC wrong to not challenge climate sceptic 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Likewise science fiction doesn’t predict the future – because the future isn’t predictable, it’s contestable. Technology is making the world more unequal. Only technology can fix this 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z But if Xi’s claim is contestable, it pales in comparison with the exaggerations, false claims and threats by Trump and his circle. Donald Trump is making China great again | Isabel Hilton 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z The concept of a huge revival looms large in the minds of evangelicals, even if they aren’t entirely comfortable with the concept and even if aspects of it are contestable. ‘Together’ is a modern-day evangelical revival, complete with TED Talks, hip-hop and no politics 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z The governor may not be running, but every seat in the Kansas House and Senate is contestable. Recent Kansas Editorials 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z The resulting draft was roundly criticised as making assembly law potentially legally contestable and even reducing the powers of the devolved legislature. Profile: Welsh Conservative MP Stephen Crabb - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Some real contestable disputes were buried in the angry exchanges between the U.S. and gulf carriers. The rise of the aerostate: U.S. carriers scramble as Persian Gulf rivals emerge 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Just about everything in the EU referendum debate is contestable, as soon as one side produces a "fact", the other side challenges it with a contradictory "fact". EU referendum: Will anyone read £9m government leaflet? - BBC News 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z It is something of a mug's game: so many apparent "facts" and "statistics" are contestable and many are unprovable until after the referendum. Reality Check: Would EU exit prompt 10-year uncertainty? - BBC News 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z In any event, it’s a highly contestable claim that is far from a settled matter. The 7 most nauseating lies of the sixth GOP debate 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Attempting to exploit a contestable monopoly is just one of those things that doesn’t really work. Charter Time Warner Might Be A Monopoly But Let's Identify The Right Monopoly 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z What if the murky, contestable conventions of the past lead to constitutional crisis, particularly with a frenzied media pronouncing winners and losers and demanding an immediate resolution? Election 2015: Manual sets out the rules for a hung parliament - BBC News 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z The second is to look at whether that dominance is contestable. European Parliament Votes To Break Up Google 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z For a start, the opening sentence of the executive summary of the paper is contestable: "The result of the referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union will be final," it says. Reality Check: Would EU exit prompt 10-year uncertainty? - BBC News 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The details of the bargain were contestable; it was a shame they promised to continue Scotland’s outsized share of public spending. Manhandling Britannia 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Because the important point is not monopoly but whether that monopoly is contestable. Why Does The European Union Consult Microsoft On How Google Should Operate? 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Clothes in closets are to be organized by color, and contestable items — heavily religious books, personal photos — must be removed or neutralized. Human props stay in luxury homes to help sales 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z But search is hardly like that: it’s eminently contestable. European Parliament Votes To Break Up Google 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z But where a monopoly is contestable this is much less of a worry. Why Lynas Corp Is Struggling; The Great Rare Earth Shortage Is Truly Over 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z For Connolly, the solution is to accept that conflict is inevitable, but to cultivate generosity, and try to understand that our own beliefs are contestable, and not beyond reproach. I thought my puppy would unite the world. I was so, so wrong 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Partly because they genuinely don’t understand this idea of a contestable monopoly and partly because that’s just not the way the Continental political classes work. Why Does The European Union Consult Microsoft On How Google Should Operate? 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z These assumptions are contestable and based on varying amounts of evidence. Explaining Online Panels and the 2014 Midterms 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z The results were a political earthquake: Solidarity won 99 of the 100 Senate seats and all contestable 161 seats in the lower house. Authors of Polish democracy see its good, bad side 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z We don’t need to worry about China’s monopoly precisely because it is contestable. Why Lynas Corp Is Struggling; The Great Rare Earth Shortage Is Truly Over 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z "Those are the real contestable elements. The transactions costs are short term." Expert says Treasury claim ludicrous 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z A contestable monopoly is only stable if it continues to act as if it isn’t a monopoly. Why Does The European Union Consult Microsoft On How Google Should Operate? 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z His box kick has got be to contestable and his clearance kicks have got to be long and away from French defenders. England can stay cool and beat Les Bleus 2014-01-31T20:27:01Z The judge said she was giving Coyle credit for pleading guilty to what was "a contestable case" and she recognised that he was storing the guns and explosives for others who intended to use them. Dissident jailed over weapons find 2014-01-15T14:42:21Z Where dominance is achieved simply by giving the market what it wants this means that that dominance is of course contestable. Google's European Union Problems Continue To Increase 2013-12-14T16:03:00Z Try to exploit a contestable monopoly and people will indeed contest with you and thus the monopoly itself will disappear. Call Of Duty And The Plot Point About The Chinese Rare Earths Monopoly 2013-11-05T16:59:00Z The decision is indeed defective, but did not seem contestable in the high cartel court. Hutchison's Orange Austria buy clears last hurdle 2012-12-21T12:12:00Z Given the uncertainties involved in the forensic analysis, the test results are also likely to be contestable in court, he added. Can science solve Arafat mystery? 2012-11-27T15:41:10Z But are the figures accurate - Adcorp reaches this remarkable, and presumably contestable conclusion by including "informal sector jobs", which it concedes are hard to measure accurately. South African unemployment: Lies and statistics 2012-11-14T17:31:46Z Adcorp reaches this remarkable, and presumably contestable conclusion by including "informal sector jobs," which it concedes are hard to measure accurately. South African unemployment: Lies and statistics 2012-11-14T17:31:46Z Critics will argue that some of these claims are contestable, but Ms Hedegaard told BBC News: "If we are defeatist over the climate we will get nowhere." EU rebrands green energy campaign 2012-10-08T14:38:15Z “Gillard’s challenge is to get Labor’s primary vote up to 35 percent, which is contestable” to win an election, he said. Gillard’s Support Slips as Opposition Retains Lead 2012-01-31T03:46:01Z “Gillard’s challenge is to get Labor’s primary vote up to 35 percent, which is contestable” in an election, he said. Gillard’s Support Slips as Opposition Retains Lead, Poll Shows 2012-01-30T23:19:12Z "Despite the contestable and condemnable assertion the pilots were at fault, there are still lots of questions and gray zones surrounding the technical aspect of the crash." Air France Report Points to Pilot Error 2011-07-29T23:30:29Z Even the length of a deal is contestable. NFL and players oceans apart during labor dispute 2011-05-26T08:09:09Z Geithner said the United States will eventually weigh into the decision, but said he believes it is important that the IMF run a "contestable" selection process based on merit and the talents of candidates. Geithner: Lagarde and Carstens "credible" for IMF 2011-05-25T15:14:26Z Bouchet wanted to verify their powers and contested their validity, which were indeed more than contestable, whereat the members of the Commission grew indignant. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z I mean the lack of insight that our greatest intellectual leaders have shown, their obduracy, their inaccessibility to the most impressive arguments, their uncritical credulity concerning the most contestable assertions. Reflections on War and Death 2011-04-17T02:00:03.777Z Claiming the case against Haddock was highly contestable, Mr Farrell said the accused's parents were in court and willing to put up £10,000 in life savings as a surety. Haddock 'hit victim with hammer' 2010-05-13T16:41:00Z Quantification, he wrote, “is more readily contestable and likely to be contested.” Economics focus: Maddison counting 2010-04-29T11:22:00Z The claim to some of the territory was new and still more contestable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" I shall presently show, that even the least contestable of the differences which now exist, are such as may very well have been produced merely by circumstances, without any difference of natural capacity. The Subjection of Women A contestable beauty, according to Parisian fame, the lady stands upright beside a table on which her right arm rests, with her body almost fronting the spectator and her face in complete profile. Picture and Text 1893 What we may believe least contestable on the subject is this: from the beginning of the world it has been hard to see clearly; right thinking has been difficult everywhere and always. The Simple Life The contestable area lay in the Middle States and in the Carolinas. Union and Democracy Can we change the nature of what is contestable, and make it incontestable? Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 But while the influence of religious development can without difficulty be traced in musical history, the influence of scientific development is much more contestable. Recent Developments in European Thought After the second year the good looks of the child became more subtle and more contestable. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth Material conquests which were still contestable and theoretical principles which were still fragile were by him incorporated in institutions and the laws. The Psychology of Revolution We must not lose sight, though, of the fact that, contestable as Valentine certainly is as a novel of passion, there is a pastoral novel of the highest order contained in this book. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings There are several contestable points in this statement, and I quote it, though it is but three years old, as a historical rather than a contemporary utterance. America To-day, Observations and Reflections The first will be a contestable apology; the second an array of incontestable facts. The Companions of Jehu This assertion seems to me to be contestable. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot Mr. Bentham does not yield to the new theory of Evolution, "cannot surrender at discretion as long as many important outworks remain contestable." Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 |
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