英语词汇“improvise”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

improviseimprovise /ˈɪmprəˌvaɪz/ ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive]

ETYMOLOGYimprovise

Origin: 1800-1900 French improviser, from Italian improvviso sudden

VERB TABLE

improvise

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	improvise
	he, she, it	improvises
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	improvised
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have improvised
	he, she, it	has improvised
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had improvised
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will improvise
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have improvised

Continuous Form
Present	I	am improvising
	he, she, it	is improvising
	you, we, they	are improvising
Past	I, he, she, it	was improvising
	you, we, they	were improvising
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been improvising
	he, she, it	has been improvising
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been improvising
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be improvising
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been improvising

1to do something without any preparation, especially because you are forced to do this by unexpected events: I left my lesson plan at home, so I had to improvise.2to make something using whatever you can find, because you do not have the equipment or materials that you need: Use these recipes as a guideline, but feel free to improvise! Kids were improvising games with a ball and some string.3eng. lang. arts to perform music, sing, etc. from your imagination, without planning or preparing first: Jazz musicians are good at improvising. He likes to improvise his comedy. [Origin: 1800–1900 French improviser, from Italian improvviso sudden]—improvised adjective—improvisation /ɪmˌprɑvəˈzeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]