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extemporize vt.
vi. 即席演说,即兴演奏,当场作成 即席演说,即兴演奏,当场作成 extemporize v 1: manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; " after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks" [ synonym: { improvise}, { extemporize}] 2: perform without preparation; " he extemporized a speech at the wedding" [ synonym: { improvise}, { improvize}, { ad- lib}, { extemporize}, { extemporise}] Extemporize \ Ex* tem" po* rize\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Extemporized}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Extemporizing}.] To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address. [ 1913 Webster]
Extemporize \ Ex* tem" po* rize\, v. t. To do, make, or utter extempore or off- hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc. [ 1913 Webster] Themistocles . . . was of all men the best able to extemporize the right thing to be done. -- Jowett ( Thucyd. ). [ 1913 Webster] Pitt, of whom it was said that he could extemporize a Queen' s speech -- Lord Campbell. [ 1913 Webster] 28 Moby Thesaurus words for " extemporize": ad- lib, be caught napping, be surprised, be taken unawares, be unprepared, cook up, dash off, do offhand, fake, go off half- cocked, have no plan, improvisate, improvise, jury- rig, knock off, lash up, make up, play by ear, scrap the plan, strike off, throw off, throw together, toss off, toss out, vamp, whip up, whomp up, wing it
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