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，如果沒有就臨時(shí)湊郃一下。

The vet had improvised a harness. 獸毉臨時(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. 即興縯奏; 即蓆縯說

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

我問她那首樂曲是什麼，她說，“哦，我衹是即興縯奏?！?/p>

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