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

• 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。
• 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。
• Every single design element coming from Razer comes through my review and my full time job is pretty much to play games all day and dream up awesome kick ass cool stuff together with the Razer team.
  Razer产品的每一个设计元素的确定都需要经过我亲自审查，我的大多工作时间会花在的游戏中，并与Razer团队一起去创意出一些大家都觉得时尚又超级酷的东西。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。