dream up

英 [driːm ʌp]

美 [driːm ʌp]

凭空想象出; 虚构出

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 凭空想象出;虚构出
  If youdream upa plan or idea, you work it out or create it in your mind.
  1. I dreamed up a plan to solve both problems at once...
     我想出了一个方案，可以同时解决两个问题。
  2. The event was dreamed up by Mick Jagger...
     这事是米克·贾格尔的凭空捏造。
  3. His son hadn't dreamed it up.
     他儿子并没有虚构此事。

英英释义

verb

• devise or invent
  1. He thought up a plan to get rich quickly
  2. no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
  Synonym:think upthink ofhatchconcoct

双语例句

• They can always dream up some new excuse for the train arriving late.
  他们总能够臆造出火车误点的藉口。
• His son hadn't dreamed it up.
  他儿子并没有虚构此事。
• Once the troublesome mind begins to compose speeches and dream up arguments, especially if these are clever, it will soon imagine it is doing important work.
  麻烦的脑袋一旦开始构思演说，编造巧思辩论，很快就会以为自己做的工作很重要。
• NASA failed to dream up a cover for extensive and brightly colored red dust!
  NASA忘记设计对广泛的色彩鲜明的红尘的掩盖了！
• Instead, they dream up conspiracy theories.
  相反，他们会幻想阴谋论。
• The event was dreamed up by Mick Jagger
  这事是米克·贾格尔的凭空捏造。
• Perhaps, but a company with annual revenues of £ 2bn should have a little more visibility about where things are going right and wrong, and should know better than to leave the market to dream up worst-case scenarios.
  或许如此，但一家年收入20亿英镑的公司应该更加透明，让市场了解它在哪里进展顺利，又在哪里出了问题，而不是任由市场去想象最糟糕的情境。
• How can you dream up a crazy scheme like this?
  你怎么能想出这样一个奇怪的计划呢？
• They must have a full-time staff to dream up all this gobbledygook.
  他们当时一定是有一个专门炮制这类官样文章的人员班底。
• During class, I'd dream up excuses to turn around and look at her.
  上课时，我的梦想借口回过头来看看她。