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

• 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。
• 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。
• As we move toward the twenty-first century surely there is the need to dream up new institutions.
  我们在向二十一世纪前进，确实有必要构想新的制度。
• I had to give my dream up.
  我不得不放弃我的梦想。
• His son hadn't dreamed it up.
  他儿子并没有虚构此事。
• Where did you dream up that fantastic rumor?
  你哪里想出如此怪诞的谣传？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。