improvise

1. V-T/V-I If you improvise, you make or do something using whatever you have or without having planned it in advance. 臨時(shí)拼湊

You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don't have one, improvise. 你需要一口帶有蒸籠的鍋，如果沒(méi)有就臨時(shí)湊合一下。

The vet had improvised a harness. 獸醫(yī)臨時(shí)湊成了一套馬具。

2. V-T/V-I When performers improvise, they invent music or words as they play, sing, or speak. 即興演奏; 即席演說(shuō)

I asked her what the piece was and she said, "Oh, I'm just improvising."

我問(wèn)她那首樂(lè)曲是什么，她說(shuō)，“哦，我只是即興演奏?！?/p>

Uncle Richard read a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer. 理查德叔叔吟誦了《圣經(jīng)》中的一個(gè)章節(jié)，然后即興說(shuō)了一段禱告。