stretch /strɛtʃ/ CET4 TEM4 ( stretching, stretched, stretches )

• 1. 

  V-I Something that stretches over an area or distance covers or exists in the whole of that area or distance. 延伸 [no cont]

  例：

  The procession stretched for several miles.

  游行队伍延伸了数英里。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A stretch of road, water, or land is a length or area of it. 一段

  例：

  It's a very dangerous stretch of road.

  这是一段非常危险的路。

• 3. 

  V-T/V-I When you stretch, you put your arms or legs out straight and tighten your muscles. 伸直

  例：

  He yawned and stretched.

  他打了个哈欠，伸了伸腰。

  例：

  Try stretching your legs and pulling your toes upwards.

  试着伸直双腿并向上拉拉脚趾。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT Stretch is also a noun. 伸展

  例：

  At the end of a workout spend time cooling down with some slow stretches.

  在健身的末尾花时间用一些缓慢的伸展来做缓和。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT A stretch of time is a period of time. 一段 (时间)

  例：

  ...after an 18-month stretch in the army.

  …在部队呆了18个月后。

• 6. 

  V-I If something stretches from one time to another, it begins at the first time and ends at the second, which is longer than expected. 持续

  例：

  ...a working day that stretches from seven in the morning to eight at night.

  …从早上7点持续到晚上8点的一个工作日。

• 7. 

  V-I If a group of things stretch from one type of thing to another, the group includes a wide range of things. 涉及

  例：

  ...a trading empire, with interests that stretched from chemicals to sugar.

  …一个兴趣范围从化学品到食糖的贸易帝国。

• 8. 

  V-T/V-I When something soft or elastic stretches or is stretched, it becomes longer or bigger as well as thinner, usually because it is pulled. 有弹性

  例：

  The cables are designed not to stretch.

  这些缆绳被设计成没有弹性。

• 9. 

  V-T/V-I If you stretch an amount of something or if it stretches, you make it last longer than it usually would by being careful and not wasting any of it. 俭省

  例：

  They're used to stretching their budgets.

  他们习惯于精打细算。

• 10. 

  V-T If something stretches your money or resources, it uses them up so you have hardly enough for your needs. 耗尽 (钱或资源)

  例：

  The drought there is stretching resources.

  那里的干旱正在耗尽财力物力。

• 11. 

  V-T If you say that a job or task stretches you, you mean that you like it because it makes you work hard and use all your energy and skills so that you do not become bored or achieve less than you should. 使充分发挥 [表赞许]

  例：

  I'm trying to move on and stretch myself with something different.

  我正试图换个工作，使自己在不同的事情上得到充分发挥。

• 12. 

  PHRASE If you say that something is not true or possible by any stretch of the imagination, you are emphasizing that it is completely untrue or absolutely impossible. 无论如何想像 [强调]

  例：

  Her husband was not a womanizer by any stretch of the imagination.

  她的丈夫无论如何想像也不会是个玩弄女性的人。