For instance, the idea of the fall-to-spring"school year"hasn't changed much since before the American Revolution, when we were a summer stretch no longer makes sense.
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The average amount of time students now take to complete an undergraduate degree has stretched to six years and seven months as students interrupted by work, inconvenienced by unavailable classes, or lured by one more football season find it hard to graduate.
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I try not to go online till my day's writing is finished, and I moved from Manhattan to rural Japan in part so I could more easily survive for long stretches entirely on foot.
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VERB
延伸;绵延
Something that stretches over an area or distance covers or exists in the whole of that area or distance.
例句
The procession stretched for several miles...
游行队伍长达数英里。
He had burns that stretched from his neck to his hips.
他从脖子到臀部均被烧伤。
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N-COUNT
一片;一泓;一段
A stretch of road, water, or land is a length or area of it.
例句
It's a very dangerous stretch of road...
这是一段非常危险的路。
This stretch of Lost River was broader and deeper.
洛斯特里弗的这片水域又宽又深。
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VERB
伸展;舒展
When you stretch, you put your arms or legs out straight and tighten your muscles.
例句
He yawned and stretched...
他打了个呵欠，伸了伸懒腰。
Try stretching your legs and pulling your toes upwards...
试着双腿伸直并且向上拉伸脚趾。
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N-COUNT
一段时间
A stretch of time is a period of time.
例句
He was fluent in French, having spent stretches of time in Southern France.
他曾在法国南部呆过一段时间，法语流利。
...after an 18-month stretch in the army...
在部队生活了 18 个月后
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V-ERG
(使)延续;(使)持续
If an event or activity stretches or is stretched into a further period of time, it continues into that period, which is later than expected.
例句
...as anti-abortion protests stretched into their second week...
随着反堕胎抗议进入第二周
The talks could be stretched into the summer of 1993.
该谈判可能会延续至 1993 年夏天。
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VERB
(从一个时间)持续(至另一个时间)
If something stretches from one time to another, it begins at the first time and ends at the second, which is longer than expected.
例句
...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 点的工作日
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VERB
包括;涉及;囊括
If a group of things stretch from one type of thing to another, the group includes a wide range of things.
例句
...a trading empire, with interests that stretched from chemicals to sugar.
从化学制品到食糖均有涉足的贸易帝国
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V-ERG
(把…)拉长;(把…)撑大;(把…)拉细
When something soft or elastic stretches or is stretched, it becomes longer or bigger as well as thinner, usually because it is pulled.
例句
The cables are designed not to stretch...
该电缆不能拉伸。
Ease the pastry into the corners of the tin, making sure you don't stretch it.
将油酥面团小心地移至烤盘的各角，注意不要把它拉长。
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ADJ
(织物)有弹性的，有弹力的
Stretch fabric is soft and elastic and stretches easily.
例句
...stretch fabrics such as Lycra.
莱卡等有弹性的织物
...stretch cotton swimsuits.
弹力棉制泳衣
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V-ERG
(使)延长使用;节俭地使用
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.
例句
They're used to stretching their budgets...
他们习惯于精打细算。
During his senior year his earnings stretched far enough to buy an old car.
他上年纪时省下的收入足够买一辆旧车了。
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VERB
刚能够节约下来(或支付)
If your resources can stretch to something, you can just afford to do it.
例句
She suggested to me that I might like to start regular savings and I said Well, I don't know whether I can stretch to that.
她建议我可以开始定期存钱，我说我还不知道钱是不是够花呢。
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VERB
耗尽，竭尽(财力或物力)
If something stretches your money or resources, it uses them up so you have hardly enough for your needs.
例句
The drought there is stretching American resources...
那里的旱灾正在耗尽美国的财力物力。
Public expenditure was being stretched to the limit by having to support 3 million unemployed people.
因为要救济 300 万失业人口，公共支出即将被耗尽。
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VERB
使竭尽所能;使全力以赴;使拿出全部本领
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.
例句
I'm trying to move on and stretch myself with something different...
我正想换工作，想尝试点不一样的事情来挑战一下自己。
They criticised the quality of teaching, claiming pupils were not stretched enough.
他们批评教学质量太差，声称没有使学生们发挥出潜质。
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PHRASE
(通常指为够到某东西而)尽量伸长手臂
If you are at full stretch, your arm is straight and extended as far as possible, usually because you are trying to reach something that is almost too far away.
例句
He offered his lighter at full stretch.
他伸长胳膊把打火机递了过去。
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PHRASE
竭尽全力;全力以赴
If you are at full stretch, you are using the maximum amount of effort or energy.
例句
Everyone would be working at full stretch.
每个人都将全力以赴。
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PHRASE
任凭怎么想也(不);再怎么说也(不)
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.
例句
Her husband was not a womaniser by any stretch of the imagination...
她老公绝对不是个拈花惹草的人。
By no stretch of the imagination could his speech be described as impersonal.
他的演讲再怎么说也不缺乏人情味。
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PHRASE
(久坐之后)散散步，活动活动腿脚
If you stretch your legs, you go for a short walk, usually after you have been sitting down for a long time.
例句
I stopped at the square and got out to stretch my legs.
我在广场处停下来，下车活动活动腿脚。
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PHRASE
牵强附会;勉强说得过去
If you stretch a point, you describe something in a way which is not accurate, although it may be partly true.
例句
It is stretching a point to call this censorship.
把这称为审查有点儿牵强。
Noun
1. a large and unbroken expanse or distance;
"a stretch of highway""a stretch of clear water"2. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
3. a straightaway section of a racetrack
4. exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
5. extension to or beyond the ordinary limit;
"running at full stretch""by no stretch of the imagination""beyond any stretch of his understanding"6. an unbroken period of time during which you do something;
"there were stretches of boredom""he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"7. the capacity for being stretched
Verb
1. occupy a large, elongated area;
"The park stretched beneath the train line"2. extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body;
"Stretch your legs!""Extend your right arm above your head"3. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length;
"Unfold the newspaper""stretch out that piece of cloth""extend the TV antenna"4. become longer by being stretched and pulled;
"The fabric stretches"5. make long or longer by pulling and stretching;
"stretch the fabric"6. lie down comfortably;
"To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass"7. pull in opposite directions;
"During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"8. extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly;
"Stretch the limits""stretch my patience""stretch the imagination"9. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones;
"adulterate liquor"10. increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance;
"stretch the soup by adding some more cream""extend the casserole with a little rice"11. extend one's body or limbs;
"Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"Adjective
1. having an elongated seating area;
"a stretch limousine"2. easily stretched;
"stretch hosiery"