Extemporize
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GRE 蓝宝
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v.即席演说
- ［英］ v.即席演说 ( improvise)
- ［记］ ex+tempor ( 时间) +ize -> 不在 ( 安排的) 时间之内 -> 即席演说
- ［同］ 同根词: temporal ( 短暂的, 世俗的) ; temporary ( 临时的)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
verb (-rized; -rizing)
- Date: 1592
- intransitive verb
- 1. to do something extemporaneously ; improvise; especially to speak extemporaneously
- 2. to get along in a makeshift manner
- transitive verb
- to compose, perform, or utter extemporaneously ; improvise <extemporized an after-dinner speech>
- ? extemporizer noun
