【每日一词】extemporaneous-/ek-ˌstem-pə-ˈrā-nē-əs /adj. 即席的,临时的;无准备的;不用讲稿的;善于即席讲话的
1a(1): composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : IMPROMPTU
an extemporaneous comment
1a(2): carefully prepared but delivered without notes or text
b: skilled at or given to extemporaneous utterance
c: happening suddenly and often unexpectedly and usually without clearly known causes or relationships
a great deal of criminal and delinquent behavior is … extemporaneous —W. C. Reckless
2: provided, made, or put to use as an expedient : MAKESHIFT
短语
Extemporaneous Preaching: 即席讲道
extemporaneous preparation: 临时制备
extemporaneous detail: 即兴
make an extemporaneous speech: 临时;即席发言
extemporaneous prescription order: 临时调配的处方
Extemporaneous Play: 即兴发挥
Examples of extemporaneous in a Sentence
caught by surprise, I had to make an extemporaneous speech at the awards banquet
Recent Examples on the Web
And the president’s capacity to lead the executive branch is, by most accounts, far greater than his capacity to speak in coherent, extemporaneous sentences on CNN.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 28 June 2024
The show lovingly conveys all the details of court society: the Noh performance by torchlight, the extemporaneous verse, the calligraphic stroke falling on a blank sheet of paper.
—Ryu Spaeth, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2024
His extemporaneous comments in the wake of the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial are another example.
—Jonathan Holloway, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2014
Hochul, a Democrat, made the extemporaneous comment Monday while being interviewed at a large business conference in California to discuss expanding economic opportunities in artificial intelligence for low-income communities.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 7 May 2024