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

• His mission was to improve economics within government, using evidence to set policy, rather than using economists to dream up justifications for the policies already decided.
  他的任务是改善政府内部的经济状况，利用事实证据来制定政策，而非让经济学家们凭空想象既定政策的合理性。
• Not to mention the other conspiracy theories that paranoid schizophrenics dream up.
  更别说其他那些神经病疑神疑鬼幻想出来的阴谋论。
• 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。
• Google isn't the first to dream up such an idea& plenty of companies large and small are working on creating clothing that can connect to your phone.
  谷歌并不是第一个有这种想法的公司&许多大大小小的公司都试图创造可以连接手机的服装。
• 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。
• Don't dream up thousand of reasons why you can't do what you want to; find one reason why you can.
  不要空想出千百个理由来解释你为何不能做；你想做的事，找一个理由解释你为何要做吧。
• His son hadn't dreamed it up.
  他儿子并没有虚构此事。
• 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！
• 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？
• Instead, they dream up conspiracy theories.
  相反，他们会幻想阴谋论。