| 单词 | by any stretch of the imagination |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby any (or no) stretch of the imagination d. An exercise of imagination, understanding, etc. beyond ordinary limits. Now frequently in by any (or no) stretch of the imagination. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > [noun] > act of imagining > beyond normal stretch1781 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [adverb] > beyond limits by any (or no) stretch of the imagination1942 1781 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 395 [His] supposed enmity to Merlin is indeed a stretch of that Absurd Creature's imagination. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 26 It requires no great stretch of understanding to know that the same practice will not answer in all climates. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. vi. 99 Every day the ministers are filling up the minor places, and it requires a great stretch of recollection in a politician, to remember the absent. 1839 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity (1858) 111 But this was a stretch of charity too great for any Hebrew. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 230 Indeed it needed no very great stretch of fancy to detect in it other resemblances to humanity. 1862 Sporting Mag. Nov. 329 It required no great stretch of intellect to acquit the officers honourably on the evidence. 1942 T. Bailey Pink Camellia xv. 122 Peter could not, by any stretch of the imagination, be compared to that Satan of the Scriptures who came so inopportunely to the Garden. 1957 Pract. Wireless 33 573/2 Most neutral leads..have registered between 5 and 25 volts R.M.S., voltages which cannot, by any stretch of the imagination, be called lethal. 1977 A. Ecclestone Staircase for Silence iv. 77 The church they belong to seems hopelessly stuck fast in a way of life that by no stretch of the imagination can be described in terms of leaven or salt or light. < as lemmas |
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