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 son hadn't dreamed it up.
  他儿子并没有虚构此事。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't dream up such an excuse.
  别找这种借口了。
• 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。
• 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。
• The noise of the shortness of the bell I was awakened from the dream up, and three in the morning, a day of boring and to start.
  急促的闹铃把我从梦中惊醒醒，又是凌晨三点&一天的无聊又要开始。
• 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。
• Just what we can dream up on the streets.
  只有我们瞎想出来的街头舞步。
• Where did you dream up that fantastic rumor?
  你哪里想出如此怪诞的谣传？