cook up

英 [kʊk ʌp]

美 [kʊk ʌp]

策划，谋划（阴谋等）; 捏造; 编造

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 策划，谋划(阴谋等)
  If someonecooks upa dishonest scheme, they plan it.
  1. He must have cooked up his scheme on the spur of the moment.
     他肯定是一时冲动策划了这个阴谋。
• PHRASAL VERB 捏造;编造
  If someonecooks upan explanation or a story, they make it up.
  1. She'll cook up a convincing explanation.
     她会编造一个很有说服力的解释。
• PHRASAL VERB 煮熟，烧熟，做好(尤指丰盛的饭菜)
  If youcook upa quantity of food, especially a large quantity, you heat it until it is ready to be eaten.
  1. Hot food is available, though the prisoners have to cook it up themselves...
     可以吃到热饭热菜，不过犯人们必须自己煮。
  2. He used to cook up great cauldrons of pasta.
     他以前常常煮几大锅的意大利面。

英英释义

verb

• make up something artificial or untrue
  Synonym:fabricatemanufacturemake upinvent
• prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
  1. concoct a strange mixture
  Synonym:concoct

双语例句

• We fear we might fail and that fear leads us to cook up stories about why you can't have what you want.
  我们担心我们可能失败，这种担心使我们伪造了关于为什么我们得不到我们想要的故事。
• They cook up proteins that go back into the nucleus, where they are reassembled into baby viruses.
  他们料理那些会回到细胞核的蛋白质，在细胞核它们被重新组合成宝宝病毒。
• I'd better cook up a good story for my late more than one hour, or I'll be in big trouble.
  我得想出一个好一点的理由来解释为什么迟到一个多小时，否则我可真是麻烦了。
• She'll cook up a convincing explanation.
  她会编造一个很有说服力的解释。
• I am going to cook up my signature dish for you.
  我要为你做道我最拿手的菜。
• If the police catch us, shall we be able to cook up a story?
  如果警察抓住我们，我们能编出一套瞎话来吗？
• I had to cook up an excuse about my long delay.
  我得编个理由解释自己为什么耽搁了这么久。
• Could you cook up a simple meal for us right away?
  你能马上给我们烧一顿简单的饭菜吗？
• You don't need to cook up an excuse, I understand.
  你不需要在找借口了，我能理解。
• I think he just wants to see one cook up close.
  我认为他喜欢看人坐电椅。