phrasal verbphr vINVENTto think of a plan or idea, especially an unusual one 想出〔不同尋常的計劃、主意〕
He was continually dreaming up new schemes to promote and enlarge the business.
他不斷想出奇特的新計劃來促進和擴大業務。
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dream up• The theory must have sounded wonderful to the think-tankers who dreamed it up.• In my dream I got up and went to the office.• He didn't have the muscle to Dream it all up for himself.• April 18: Had that lousydream about packing up for the concentrationcamp and the clock going dead.• Most love is a dream we wake up from.• Understanding of the dream built up in layers, over a long period of time.• He had dreamed of fixing up the two-story, 1,000-square - foot summercabin on SouthMountain for his retirement.