1.想出,想起;〔口语〕发明
1.to invent or to imagine something, especially an excuse
1.How did you think up such a clever way out of our difficulty?
你是怎样想出这个克服困难的聪明办法来的？
2.A reporter on TV, unable to give up the suspense, tries to think up fanciful ways in which John McCain could reach 270 electoral votes.
一个电视台的记者，显然不愿意放弃悬念，试图想出各种能让JohnMcCain获得270张选举团票的方法，从而当选。
3.Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feelmg on guard.
无论什么时候我与他一起去度周末，我都会警惕的捏造各种故事和话题去用作一路上的谈资。
4.Not all of these will apply to any given idea you might have, but three or four should apply to pretty much any concept you can think up.
并不是所有想法都适合你，但是总有三件或者四件事情比你能够想到的主意好的多。
5.But after a while an hour and a half was not enough, and I began to think up excuses to miss dinner.
但过了一段时间，一个半小时还不够，我就为了错过饭时编造些借口。
6.She had been at her wit' s end trying to think up an idea for her composition assignment.
她为了作文的作业苦思找灵感，已到了江郎才尽的地步。
7.You think too much. Flying is not what you think up here. It's what you feel in here.
飞翔不是靠想象，而是靠你去感受，感受自己心跳的节奏。
8.He was unable to think up a new trick and went away.
他无法再想出新的花招来，就讪讪地溜走了。
9.Eg. I tried to think up some way to get that money, but I were finally at my wit's end.
我试图想出一个法子来弄到这笔钱，谁知还是一筹莫展。
10.Given the seriousness of this risk, we have no alternative but to think up some practical solutions to resolve it.
考虑到该问题的严重性，我们必须得想出一些切合实际的措施来解决它。