think up

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美 [θɪŋk ʌp]

想出，想到（主意、计划）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 想出，想到(主意、计划)
  If youthinksomethingup, for example an idea or plan, you invent it using mental effort.
  1. Julian has been thinking up new ways of raising money...
     朱利安想出了不少筹款的新办法。
  2. 'Where do you get that idea about the piano?' — 'Well, I just thought it up.'
     “关于钢琴的那个主意你是从哪儿得来的？”——“哦，就这么想出来的。”

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 ofdream uphatchconcoct

双语例句

• The director was asked to think up a scheme that would save the situation.
  他们要主任想出一个办法来挽救这个局势。
• I am afraid so. I hope the organizers think up more tricks to attract people.
  恐怕是这样的。我希望组织者能够多想一些招数来吸引人。
• There are probably no question we can think up that can't be answered, sooner or later, including even that matter of consciousness.
  迟早可能不存在我们想得出但解答不了的问题，甚至包括我们意识的问题。来源：考试大。
• I tried to think up a new idea, but it's too difficult.
  我试图想个新主意出来，但那太难了。
• Oh, the things you can think up if only you try!
  哦，只有你试试，你就能有多少奇思妙想！
• I've got to think up something to wear for the fancy dress party.
  我得想出去参加化装舞会时应穿戴的东西。
• I don't know how the first spider in the early days of the world happened to think up this fancy idea of spinning a web, but she did, and it was clever of her, too.
  但是我没办法，我不知道最开始时，蜘蛛祖先是怎样想到这种方式，织一张网来捕捉昆虫，然后吸干它们的血。
• To think up a new concept is one thing; to put the idea to work is another.
  想出一种概念是一回事，把这种概念加以实施是另一回事。
• He was unable to think up a new trick and went away.
  他无法再想出新的花招来，就讪讪地溜走了。
• Examples that mathematicians think up.
  数学家们所想出的例子。