phrasal verbphr vINVENTto produce a new idea, name etc by thinking 想出,构思出〔新主意、名字等〕
She was trying to think up an excuse.
她在设法编出一个借口。
Did you think that up yourself?
那是你自己想出来的吗?
Who thinks up names for new products?
谁给新产品起名字?
Examples from the Corpus
think up• How do they think them up?• Not once did she think of giving up.• Today I would like you to think about taking up a new interest or hobby.• And I am not really sure of it at all, she thought, standing up and looking about her.• At last! she thought, looking up at John.• Lately I have been thinking of taking upcigarettes again.• I think they put up forty-four units in one place, and about fifty units in an-other.• I think that shows up in certainissues.