Ad-lib



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.即兴演讲
• ［类］ ad-lib : impromptu / aside : divergent ( 即兴演讲特点是即兴的 / 旁白特点是旁意的)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (ad-libbed; ad-libbing)

• Etymology: ad lib
• Date: 1919
• transitive verb
  • to deliver spontaneously
• intransitive verb
  • to improvise especially lines or a speech
• • ad-lib noun

II. adjective

• Date: 1935
• spoken, composed, or performed without preparation

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