背景介绍:
Andy的魔鬼上司Miranda要她弄到哈利波特未出版的手稿,万般无奈之下她只好打电话给Christian Thompson寻求帮助。
Christian Thompson: Just tell her it can't be done. You'll have to come up with a Plan"B".
就跟她说不可能,再想其他办法。
Andy: Well, this is Miranda Priestly we're talking abou.
我们说的可是米兰达·皮斯里啊。
There's no Plan"B". There's only Plan"A".
没有其他办法,只有这一个选择。
——《时尚女魔头》
come up with: to find or produce an answer,a solution, etc. 找到(答案),提出,想出
实例:
He came up with good ideas for the product promotion.
他想出一个推广产品的好方法。
No one has come up with a convincing explanation of why dinosaur died out.
尚未有人能对恐龙的灭绝作出一个令人信服的解释。
The scientists are beating their brains trying to come up with a solution to the problem.
科学家正绞尽脑汁,力求找到解决这个问题的办法。
Edwards's always chasing after rainbows and never come up with a really practical idea.
爱德华总是想入非非,从来提不出真正实际的意见。
The programmer come up with a solution to the system problem.
程序员想出了一个解决系统问题的办法。