81. I spent a whole week searching on the net, but came up with nothing valuable.
點(diǎn)睛
該句中的search on the net意為“在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上搜索”。其他與網(wǎng)絡(luò)有關(guān)的表達(dá)還有:surf on the Internet(上網(wǎng),網(wǎng)上沖浪)、online game(網(wǎng)絡(luò)游戲)、online community(網(wǎng)絡(luò)社區(qū))、netizen(網(wǎng)民)、netter/nettie/nethead(網(wǎng)蟲,網(wǎng)迷)、netnews(網(wǎng)絡(luò)新聞)等。come up with意為“提出;想出”,相當(dāng)于think up。
考點(diǎn)歸納
come up的用法歸納。
come up with意為“提出;想出”。如:
1) The scientists are beating their brains trying to come up with a solution to the problem. 科學(xué)家正絞盡腦汁,力求找到解決此問題的辦法。
2) No one has come up with a convincing explanation of why dinosaurs die out. 尚未有人能對恐龍滅絕的原因作出一個令人信服的解釋。
此外,come up with還有“趕上”的意思。如:
We shall have to work hard to come up with them. 我們得努力工作,趕上他們。