'Chicken Soup for the Soul' を読んでいます。
When they arrived at the home, they started giving out balloon hats, hearts and hugs to the patients. Lee was uncomfortable. He had never before hugged people who were terminally ill, severely retarded on Quadriplegic. It was definitely a stretch. But after a while it became easier, with Nancy and Lee acquiring an entourage of doctors, nurses and orderlies who followed them from ward to ward.
"stretch" は文脈からして、これ以上伸ばせないので「無理/限界だ」と意味していると推測します。 辞書で確認します。
引用文の様な例はなかなか見つかりませんでしたが、次の２つの辞書にあった例からすると、私の推測もはずれでは無いと思います。
・Wiktionary: A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.: It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.: To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: the fact that something has gone past its usual limits: His idea may be a stretch, but it's not outside the realm of possibility.
When they arrived at the home, they started giving out balloon hats, hearts and hugs to the patients. Lee was uncomfortable. He had never before hugged people who were terminally ill, severely retarded on Quadriplegic. It was definitely a stretch. But after a while it became easier, with Nancy and Lee acquiring an entourage of doctors, nurses and orderlies who followed them from ward to ward.
"stretch" は文脈からして、これ以上伸ばせないので「無理/限界だ」と意味していると推測します。 辞書で確認します。
引用文の様な例はなかなか見つかりませんでしたが、次の２つの辞書にあった例からすると、私の推測もはずれでは無いと思います。
・Wiktionary: A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.: It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.: To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: the fact that something has gone past its usual limits: His idea may be a stretch, but it's not outside the realm of possibility.
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