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

• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• You could dream up any scenario.
  你可以幻想任何故事情节。
• Instead, they dream up conspiracy theories.
  相反，他们会幻想阴谋论。
• He could dream up the most fantastic rumors.
  他能想出最怪诞的谣传。
• 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。
• Don't dream up such an excuse.
  别找这种借口了。
• 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。