穿凿 meaning in English

(非常牵强地解释) give a farfetched [strained] interpretation; read too much into sth

Mental fight means thinking against the current , not with it . it is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth
精神斗争乃系同主流思想对干，不是附会穿凿。我等的使命是踢爆一切吹水老作，寻觅真相。
Scrub typhus is characterised by a large punch - out skin ulcer at the site of bite of an infected mite . nearby lymph nodes are also swollen and painful
丛林斑疹伤寒的特点，是在受感染的咬过的位置出现穿凿状皮肤溃疡，附近的淋巴腺亦会肿痛。
It is no part of the design of this treatise to aim at metaphysical nicety of definition , where the ideas suggested by a term are already as determinate as practical purposes require
本书不打算给名词所表达的概念穿凿入微地下精确的定义，只要所表达的概念足够明确，能满足实际需要就行了。