Extemporaneous



GRE Barron

解释

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• adj. 即席的, 无准备的
• ［英］ adj. 即席的, 无准备的 ( spoken or done without preparation)
• ［类］ 反义词: planned ( 计划好的)
• ［记］ ex ( 出) +tempor ( 时间或时间引起的现象) +aneous -> 即席的

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Late Latin extemporaneus, from Latin ex tempore
• Date: 1673
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment ; impromptu <an extemporaneous comment>
    • (2) carefully prepared but delivered without notes or text
  • b. skilled at or given to extemporaneous utterance
  • c. happening suddenly and often unexpectedly and usually without clearly known causes or relationships <a great deal of criminal and delinquent behavior is…extemporaneous — W. C. Reckless>
• 2. provided, made, or put to use as an expedient ; makeshift <an extemporaneous shelter>
• ? extemporaneously adverb
• ? extemporaneousness noun

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