Friday, October 13, 2017

Question of the Day #169

"Trump: 'One of the greatest terms I've come up with is "fake"'"
From the headline of this article at The Hill.

上記の文で、come up with の意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "come up with" mean?

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解答

意味: 英辞郎によると、

〈話〉〔アイデアなどを〕思い付く、考え付く、考え出す
ただし、他にも異なる意味がたくさんあるので、ぜひ上記の英辞郎のリンクを参照してください。

Answer

According to MacMillan Dictionary:
to think of something such as an idea or a plan

Examples

2 comments:

  1. This is an excellent example of an idiomatic expression. There is, however, a use case where the words still have their literal meaning and might be confusing: "Sheila drove here to New York from Florida. She came up with her pets."

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