off the cuff

基本解釋

Off the cuff, I'd say about two thousand.
我的印象好像是兩千人。
That was nice, funny and quite off the cuff.
他的形容很形象，也很有趣，而且相當(dāng)?shù)募磁d。
I heard they don't have a teleprompter, so I'm like, 'OK, I'm going to just have to go off the cuff in front of Hillary Clinton and (fellow honoree) Condoleezza Rice.'
她說：“我聽說沒有講詞提示器，那忘詞的時候就只能說：‘好，那我就在希拉里?克林頓和康多莉扎?賴斯面前來一番即興感言吧?！?/li>
原聲例句
Let's see if I can name a few off the cuff, or without any preparation.

He even speaks off the cuff, something no candidate is ever supposed to do.
NPR: Thompson, Potential GOP Force, in New Meetings
In any event, Mr Balladur's latest comments were by no means off the cuff.
ECONOMIST: France
But just off the cuff to reporters again today spoke about lifting the ban being too distracting.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

If you speak off the cuff, you say something without having prepared or thought about your words first.