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

• 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。
• 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？
• If you dream up a new specialism& ethical hacker, pet psychologist, nutrition coach?
  如果你想出了一种新职业&有道德的黑客、宠物心理师或营养教练？
• His son hadn't dreamed it up.
  他儿子并没有虚构此事。
• Just what we can dream up on the streets.
  只有我们瞎想出来的街头舞步。
• I had to give my dream up.
  我不得不放弃我的梦想。
• This was not hard to dream up; the crown on this style of Buddha is naturally the correct shape for pulp extraction and juicer.
  这不难想像，这类佛祖外型的头部就跟果肉萃取机和果汁机的形状一样。
• 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。
• There are day dreamers and night dreamers who dream up make believe places.
  白天做梦和晚上做梦的人，他们运用梦赐给他们的众多想象力，构造出/梦见虚假的地方。