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

• 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。
• There are day dreamers and night dreamers who dream up make believe places.
  白天做梦和晚上做梦的人，他们运用梦赐给他们的众多想象力，构造出/梦见虚假的地方。
• On most projects, the ability for people to dream up new requirements easily outstrips the ability for any team to deliver them within the time and budget allotted.
  对大多数项目来说，人们构思出新需求的能力很容易超过任何团队能够在时间以及预算配额内发布他们的能力。
• 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？
• 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。
• Instead, they dream up conspiracy theories.
  相反，他们会幻想阴谋论。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。