improvise
英 ['?mpr?va?z]
美['?mpr?va?z]
- vt. 即興創作；即興表演；臨時做；臨時提供
- vi. 即興創作；即興表演；臨時湊合
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詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?improvises;過去式:?improvised;過去分詞:?improvised;現在分詞:?improvising;名詞:?improvisation;
中文詞源
improvise 臨時做，即興
im-,不，非，-provise,準備，詞源同provide.即沒準備，臨時做的，即興準備。
英文詞源
- 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.)
=> provide - 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.
雙語例句
- 1. They show no disposition to improvise or to take risks.
- 他們不愿意臨時湊合或冒險。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Sometimes I improvise and change the words because I forget them.
- 有時，我臨場發揮改了詞，因為我把原來的詞給忘了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I then begin to improvise melodies vocally.
- 接著我開始哼起即興創作的旋律。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. There isn't much equipment. We're going to have to improvise.
- 設備不多，我們只能將就著用。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. The church organist may improvise on a ground bass.
- 教堂風琴手可能以基礎低音即興演奏.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
