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Improvise D Improvisation   [V N Acting Make Meaning

英语单词 improvise
英美音标 英 ['ɪmprəvaɪz] 美 ['ɪmprəvaɪz]
中文释义 v.即兴创作;即兴表演;临时准备
英语例句 (1) Akel says this style of acting required the crew to improvise as well.
(2) It is much easier to improvise a song than it is to improvise a symphony.
中文例句 (1) 称这种演出方式要求剧组人员都要即兴创作。
(2) 即兴创作一支歌曲比即兴创作一部交响曲要简单得多。
vocabulary简明 To improvise means to make something up on the spot, or figure it out as you go. "Our boss decided to improvise his speech at our company meeting and when he started going off-topic, everyone could tell he hadn't prepared in advance."
vocabulary扩展 Improvise comes from the Latin word improvisus, meaning "unforeseen, unexpected." Think about when something unexpected happens to you — you have no choice but to react in the moment, or improvise. Another meaning for improvise refers to acting onstage without a script. When actors improvise scenes for an audience, they create funny situations as they go, without having anything pre-planned. The Second City theater in Chicago made this type of comedy famous, with many well-known alumni like Tina Fey and Stephen Colbert.
柯林斯解释
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[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.
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  • 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

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  • 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。

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[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.
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  • 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

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

    《铃儿响叮当》的即兴演奏

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