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

• 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。
• On most projects, the ability for people to dream up new requirements easily outstrips the ability for any team to deliver them within the time and budget allotted.
  对大多数项目来说，人们构思出新需求的能力很容易超过任何团队能够在时间以及预算配额内发布他们的能力。
• Your love-struck friend will wonder if you feel the same way, and will probably dream up subtle tests to find out.
  迷上你的那位朋友不知道你和他（她）的想法是否一样，因此就想出一些绝妙的测试来验证。
• He could dream up the most fantastic rumors.
  他能想出最怪诞的谣传。
• 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。
• You could dream up any scenario.
  你可以幻想任何故事情节。
• Where did you dream up that fantastic rumor?
  你哪里想出如此怪诞的谣传？
• 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。
• 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！