背景介紹:
Andy的魔鬼上司Miranda要她弄到哈利波特未出版的手稿,萬般無奈之下她只好打電話給Christian Thompson尋求幫助。
Christian Thompson: Just tell her it can't be done. You'll have to come up with a Plan"B".
就跟她說不可能,再想其他辦法。
Andy: Well, this is Miranda Priestly we're talking abou.
我們說的可是米蘭達·皮斯里啊。
There's no Plan"B". There's only Plan"A".
沒有其他辦法,只有這一個選擇。
——《時尚女魔頭》
come up with: to find or produce an answer,a solution, etc. 找到(答案),提出,想出
實例:
He came up with good ideas for the product promotion.
他想出一個推廣產品的好方法。
No one has come up with a convincing explanation of why dinosaur died out.
尚未有人能對恐龍的滅絕作出一個令人信服的解釋。
The scientists are beating their brains trying to come up with a solution to the problem.
科學家正絞盡腦汁,力求找到解決這個問題的辦法。
Edwards's always chasing after rainbows and never come up with a really practical idea.
愛德華總是想入非非,從來提不出真正實際的意見。
The programmer come up with a solution to the system problem.
程序員想出了一個解決系統問題的辦法。