improvise

[US]/ˈɪmprəvaɪz/
[UK]/ˈɪmprəvaɪz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. 临时制作, 临时奏成
Word Forms
第三人称单数improvises
过去式improvised
现在分词improvising
过去分词improvised
复数improvises

Example Sentences

improvise a new verse

临时作一首新 词

improvised a dinner for the unexpected guests; improvise a makeshift tourniquet.

为不速之客准备晚餐;提供备用的止血带

the ability to improvise operatic arias in any given style.

即席创作任一风格歌剧咏叹调的能力。

The church organist may improvise on a ground bass.

教堂风琴手可能以基础低音即兴演奏。

I improvised a costume for myself out of an old blue dress.

我穿上一件蓝色旧衣服,给自己奏合了一身装束。

his stand-up routine depends on improvised observations.

站在观众面前表演的固定节目取决于他会临场即兴发挥。

We improvised a tent out of two blankets and some long poles.

我们用两条毛毯和几根长竿搭成一个临时帐蓬。

He improvised a song about the football team’s victory.

他即席创作了一首足球队胜利之歌。

He was a composer of songs and a wonderful conductor, a man who could improvise lines on the moment.

他是一些歌曲的作者和一位出色的指挥者, 也是一位能即兴作诗的人。

asked an unpremeditated question. Something that isad-lib is spontaneous and improvised and therefore not part of a prepared script or score:

随口提出一个问题。 ad-lib 的事物是自发产生的和即兴而作的, 因而不是预先准备的手稿或记录的部分:

Real-world Examples

Lovely. Not only is my plan screwed up, I also forgot how to improvise.

这下好了,不但我的计划被搞砸了,关于即兴表演的记忆也全没了。

Source: Rick and Morty Season 3 (Bilingual)

It's all improvised. It's very funny.

都是即兴创作 乐趣无穷。

Source: Rick and Morty Season 2 (Bilingual)

The actors improvised a scene based on an audience suggestion.

演员们根据观众的建议即兴创作了一个场景。

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

During classes he would often improvise, leaving his classmates and teachers in fits of laughter.

在课堂上,他经常即兴创作,给同学和老师带来了许多欢笑。

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

We can change it. We can...we can improvise.

我们可以改,我们可以… … 我们可以随机应变。

Source: Our Day Season 2

I didn't think this unusual. Improvising was routine for me.

我不认为这有什么特别的。我习惯了随机应变。

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 1

All right, then, we need to improvise.

即兴发挥。

Source: English little tyrant

I improvised like you wanted without my map.

我没按照自己的地图,去了你想让我去的地方。

Source: Our Day Season 2

So Johnson and his family improvised.

所以约翰逊和他的家人即兴发挥。

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

Finding those is hard-like composing music, or improvising jazz.

写出这样的句子就如同作曲或即兴爵士乐一样难。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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