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

• Once the troublesome mind begins to compose speeches and dream up arguments, especially if these are clever, it will soon imagine it is doing important work.
  麻烦的脑袋一旦开始构思演说，编造巧思辩论，很快就会以为自己做的工作很重要。
• He could dream up the most fantastic rumors.
  他能想出最怪诞的谣传。
• It wasn't long ago we listened to the whir of a dot-matrix printer spitting out documents from our computers, now a 3D printer renders any object we can dream up the same way.
  事实上，能让我们的电脑打印纸质文档的点矩阵打印机，还是不久之前才发明出来的，而现在3D打印机又以同样的方式，使我们梦想的各种物体都能呈现在我们眼前。
• Just what we can dream up on the streets.
  只有我们瞎想出来的街头舞步。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• The event was dreamed up by Mick Jagger
  这事是米克·贾格尔的凭空捏造。
• Where did you dream up that fantastic rumor?
  你哪里想出如此怪诞的谣传？
• Instead, they dream up conspiracy theories.
  相反，他们会幻想阴谋论。