improvise
verb🔊/ˈɪmprəvaɪz/
🔊/ˈɪmprəvaɪz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they improvise | 🔊/ˈɪmprəvaɪz/ 🔊/ˈɪmprəvaɪz/ |
| he / she / it improvises | 🔊/ˈɪmprəvaɪzɪz/ 🔊/ˈɪmprəvaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple improvised | 🔊/ˈɪmprəvaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈɪmprəvaɪzd/ |
| past participle improvised | 🔊/ˈɪmprəvaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈɪmprəvaɪzd/ |
| -ing form improvising | 🔊/ˈɪmprəvaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈɪmprəvaɪzɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to make or do something using whatever is available, usually because you do not have what you really need 临时拼凑；临时做 There isn't much equipment. We're going to have to improvise. 设备不多，我们只能将就着用。 🔊🔊 - improvise something
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。 🔊🔊 We hastily improvised a screen out of an old blanket. 我们连忙用一条旧毯子临时搭了个屏风。 You can quickly improvise a shield to protect your arm. 你可以快速找一样物品来当作盾牌护住手臂。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- freely
- hastily
- quickly
- …
- have to
- [intransitive, transitive]
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） ‘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。 🔊🔊 - improvise on something
He improvised on the melody. 他即兴演奏了那首曲子。 🔊🔊 - improvise something
an improvised speech 即席讲演
Word Originearly 19th cent. (earlier (late 18th cent.) as improvisation): from French improviser or its source, Italian improvvisare, from improvviso ‘extempore’, from Latin improvisus ‘unforeseen’, based on provisus, past participle of providere ‘make preparation for’.