剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - improvise collapse

improvise
/'ɪm.prə.vaɪz/
verb [I or T]
* to invent or make something, such as a speech or a device, at the time when it is needed without already having planned it
临时做；即兴做

1. I hadn't prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise.
我没有准备演讲，所以突然之间我只好即兴讲几句。

2. To sleep on, we improvised a mattress from a pile of blankets.
为了能有地方睡觉，我们临时用一堆毯子作床垫。

* When actors or musicians improvise, they perform without fixed speech or music, making it up as they perform it
（演员）即兴表演；（音乐家）即兴创作

1. During certain scenes of the play there isn't any script and the actors just improvise (the dialogue).
这出戏有几场没有剧本，演员就即兴表演（对白）。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - improvise collapse

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1.VERB 动词临时做;临时凑成 If you improvise, you make or do something using whatever you have or without having planned it in advance.

【语法信息】：V

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：V-ed

  • You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don't have one, improvise...

    要做这个，你需要一口带蒸笼篦子的锅,如果没有,就用别的临时凑合一下。

  • The vet had improvised a harness...

    兽医临时凑成了一副马具。

  • ...an improvised stone shelter.

    一处临时搭起的石头庇护所

  • ...tents improvised from sheets of heavy plastic draped over wooden poles.

    用厚塑料布遮在木头柱子上临时搭起的帐篷

improvisation

  • Funds were not abundant and clever improvisation was necessary.

    资金并不富余,巧妙的临场应变是必要的。

2.VERB 动词即兴表演;即兴演奏;即兴创作 When performers improvise, they invent music or words as they play, sing, or speak.

【语法信息】：V

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：V on n

【语法信息】：V-ed

  • I asked her what the piece was and she said, 'Oh, I'm just improvising'...

    我问她那一段是什么音乐,她说：“噢,我只是即兴弹的。”

  • Uncle Richard intoned a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer...

    理查德叔叔吟诵了《圣经》中的一章,又即兴作了一段祈祷文。

  • I think that the art of a storyteller is to take the story and improvise on it.

    我认为说书人的艺术在于拿到故事后进行的即兴创作。

  • ...improvised comedy.

    即兴表演的喜剧

improvisation

  • ...an improvisation on 'Jingle Bells'.

    《铃儿响叮当》的即兴演奏

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - improvise collapse

improvise
im·pro·vise / 5imprEvaiz / verb1. to make or do sth using whatever is available, usually because you do not have what you really need
   临时拼凑；临时做:
  ▪ [V]
   There isn't much equipment. We're going to have to improvise.
   设备不多,我们只能临时凑一些。
  ▪ [VN]
   We improvised some shelves out of planks of wood and bricks.
   我们用木板和砖头临时搭了些架子。
2. ~ (on sth) to invent music, the words in a play, a statement, etc. while you are playing or speaking, instead of planning it in advance
   即兴创作(音乐、台词、演讲词等):
  ▪ [V]
   'It'll be ready some time next week, I expect,' she said, improvising.
   "我估计下个星期内会准备好的。"她随口说道。
   He improvised on the melody.
   他即兴演奏了那首曲子。
  ▪ [VN]
   an improvised speech
   即席讲演
• im·pro·visa·tion / 7imprEvai5zeiFn; NAmE im7prB:vE5zeiFn / noun [U, C]

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - improvise collapse

improvise verb

• ADVERB freely | hastily (esp. BrE), quickly (esp. AmE) We hastily ~d a screen out of an old blanket. | You can quickly ~ a shield to protect your arm.

• VERB + IMPROVISE have to There isn't much equipment. We're going to have to ~.

新牛津英语同义词词典 - improvise collapse

improvise

verb
1 she was improvising in front of the cameras
EXTEMPORIZE , ad lib, speak impromptu, make it up as one goes along, think on one's feet, take it as it comes; informal speak off the cuff, speak off the top of one's head, play it by ear, busk it, wing it.

2 she improvised a sandpit for the children to play in
CONTRIVE , devise, throw together, cobble together, concoct, rig, jury-rig, put together; Brit. informal knock up; informal whip up, fix up, rustle up.

词源记忆 - improvise collapse

improvise 临时做，即兴
im-, 不，非；-provise, 准备，词源同provide。即没准备，临时做的，即兴准备。