| 释义 | 
		●not by any stretch of the imagination●by no stretch of the imaginationused to say strongly that sth is not true, even if you try to imagine or believe it 任凭怎么想也不;再怎么说也不◆She could not, by any stretch of the imagination, be called beautiful.  再怎么说,她也称不上漂亮。 See also imagination  |