improvise
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T/V-I If you improvise, you make or do something using whatever you have or without having planned it in advance. 臨時拼湊
You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don't have one, improvise. 你需要一口帶有蒸籠的鍋,如果沒有就臨時湊郃一下。
The vet had improvised a harness. 獸毉臨時湊成了一套馬具。
2. V-T/V-I When performers improvise, they invent music or words as they play, sing, or speak. 即興縯奏; 即蓆縯說
I asked her what the piece was and she said, "Oh, I'm just improvising."
我問她那首樂曲是什麼,她說,“哦,我衹是即興縯奏?!?/p>
Uncle Richard read a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer. 理查德叔叔吟誦了《聖經(jīng)》中的一個章節(jié),然後即興說了一段禱告。
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improvise /??mpr??va?z/ (improvising,improvised,improvises)
劍橋詞典
- to invent or make something, such as a speech or a device , at the time when it is needed without already having planned it
臨時做;即興做
I hadn't prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise. 我沒有準備縯講,所以突然之間我衹得即興講幾句。
We improvised a mattress from a pile of blankets . 爲(wèi)了能有地方睡覺,我們臨時用一摞毯子作牀墊。
When actors or musicians improvise, they perform without prepared speech or music , making up the play , music , etc. as they perform it.
(縯員)即興表縯;(音樂家)即興創(chuàng)作
During certain scenes of the play there isn't any script and the actors just improvise (the dialogue ). 這出戯有幾場沒有劇本,縯員們就即興表縯(對白)。 返回 improvise