I spent a whole week searching on the net, but came up with nothing valuable.
重点
该句中的search on the net意为“在互联网上搜索”。其他与网络有关的表达还有:surf on the Internet(上网,网上冲浪)、online game(网络游戏)、online community(网络社区)、netizen(网民)、netter/nettie/nethead(网虫,网迷)、netnews(网络新闻)等。come up with意为“提出;想出”,相当于think up。
考点归纳
come up的用法归纳。
come up with意为“提出;想出”。如:
1) The scientists are beating their brains trying to come up with a solution to the problem. 科学家正绞尽脑汁,力求找到解决此问题的办法。
2) No one has come up with a convincing explanation of why dinosaurs die out. 尚未有人能对恐龙灭绝的原因作出一个令人信服的解释。
此外,come up with还有“赶上”的意思。如:
We shall have to work hard to come up with them. 我们得努力工作,赶上他们。