improvise

英 ['?mpr?va?z] 美['?mpr?va?z]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?improvises;過(guò)去式:?improvised;過(guò)去分詞:?improvised;現(xiàn)在分詞:?improvising;名詞:?improvisation;

improvise 臨時(shí)做，即興

im-,不，非，-provise,準(zhǔn)備，詞源同provide.即沒(méi)準(zhǔn)備，臨時(shí)做的，即興準(zhǔn)備。

improvise: improvise: [19] Etymologically, if you improvise something, it is because it has not been ‘provided’ for in advance. The word comes via French improviser from the Italian adjective improvviso ‘extempore’, a descendant of Latin imprōvīsus ‘unforeseen’. This in turn was formed from the negative prefix in- and the past participle of prōvīdere ‘foresee’ (source of English provide).

The earliest recorded use of the verb in English is by Benjamin Disraeli in Vivian Grey 1826: ‘He possessed also the singular faculty of being able to improvise quotations’. (The closely related improvident ‘not providing for the future’ [16] preserves even more closely the sense of its Latin original.)
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improvise (v.): 1826, back-formation from improvisation, or else from French improviser (17c.), from Italian improvisare "to sing or speak extempore," from improviso, from Latin improvisus "unforeseen, unexpected" (see improvisation). Or possibly a back-formation from improvisation. Related: Improvised; improvising.

1. They show no disposition to improvise or to take risks.: 他們不愿意臨時(shí)湊合或冒險(xiǎn)。

2. Sometimes I improvise and change the words because I forget them.: 有時(shí)，我臨場(chǎng)發(fā)揮改了詞，因?yàn)槲野言瓉?lái)的詞給忘了。

3. I then begin to improvise melodies vocally.: 接著我開(kāi)始哼起即興創(chuàng)作的旋律。

4. There isn't much equipment. We're going to have to improvise.: 設(shè)備不多，我們只能將就著用。

5. The church organist may improvise on a ground bass.: 教堂風(fēng)琴手可能以基礎(chǔ)低音即興演奏.