| 单词 | at full stretch |
| 释义 | at full stretchat full stretch British EnglishBrE a) BUSY PLACEusing everything that is available 全力以赴，竭尽所能 With staff shortages and appalling weather conditions, the emergency services were at full stretch. 人员短缺，加之天气恶劣，应急服务机构在尽全力应付。 b) HBHwith your body or part of your body stretched as far as possible 身体[肢体]伸直 He dived and caught the ball at full stretch. 他一个鱼跃伸手把球接住。 Examples from the Corpus at full stretch• I was already at full stretch.• All the services for mental health seemed to be at full stretch already, he said.• Jim Magilton, who has our vote as man of the match, had the champions at full stretch.• Then she swiped me right across the nose, claws at full stretch.• Ahead, her father was riding alongside the hounds, at full stretch.• Last night, emergency services were still at full stretch and a full picture of the disaster had not yet emerged.• Even so, their defence was at full stretch with the pace and movement of Saha and Hayles.• The men of Plataia were helping Athens, whose manpower was at full stretch, to man her great fleet. → at full stretch at stretch2(3) |
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