ad-lib
verb /ˌæd ˈlɪb/
/ˌæd ˈlɪb/
[intransitive, transitive]动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they ad-lib | /ˌæd ˈlɪb/ /ˌæd ˈlɪb/ |
| he / she / it ad-libs | /ˌæd ˈlɪbz/ /ˌæd ˈlɪbz/ |
| past simple ad-libbed | /ˌæd ˈlɪbd/ /ˌæd ˈlɪbd/ |
| past participle ad-libbed | /ˌæd ˈlɪbd/ /ˌæd ˈlɪbd/ |
| -ing form ad-libbing | /ˌæd ˈlɪbɪŋ/ /ˌæd ˈlɪbɪŋ/ |
- to say something in a speech or a performance that you have not prepared or practised
即席讲话；即兴表演 - She abandoned her script and began ad-libbing.
她抛开脚本即兴表演起来。 - ad-lib something I lost my notes and had to ad-lib the whole speech.
我把讲稿弄丢了，只好临时说了一通。 - He ad-libbed his way through the meeting.
他在会议中即兴发挥。
词源early 19th cent. (as an adverb): abbreviation of ad libitum. - She abandoned her script and began ad-libbing.