Critics say it's a stretch to describe a man who had 11 wives, one of whom was a young girl, as a supporter of women's rights.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

But now that means there is a serious danger here, and in Genesis 3:22, God says, "Now that man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil , what if he should stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever?"

但在那个时候，意味着，他们将面临很大的困难，《创世纪》第3章第22节，上帝说，现在那个人已经变得与我们相似，能知善恶,现在恐怕他又伸手摘生命树的果子,从此以后长生不老“

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Well you could stretch it and say that an example of engineering to improve human health is getting them from one place to another, but that would be more of a stretch than I'm going to make.

你只能勉强地说,这个工程学成果能通过把人们从一个地方,带到另一个地方来提高人的健康水平,我只能联想到这个程度

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

"And like the broader American citizenry, the American Muslim community is one of extraordinary dynamism and diversity - with families that stretch back generations and more recent immigrants;

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

This stretch of coastline southwest of Pago Pago was one of the hardest hit by the tsunami, when the usually peaceful ocean sent walls of water crashing into beachside homes.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07