extempore

• adj. 当场的，即席的
• adv. 无准备地；即兴地
• n. 即席之作

ex-, 向外。-temp, 时间，词源同temporary. 即没时间的，临时安排的。

1. with little or no preparation or forethought;

"his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"

"an extemporaneous piano recital"

"an extemporary lecture"

"an extempore skit"

"an impromptu speech"

"offhand excuses"

"trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"

"an off-the-cuff toast"

"a few unrehearsed comments"

extempore

extempore: [16] An extempore speech is one that is given literally ‘out of time’ – that is, ‘on the spur of the moment’. That was the meaning of the Latin phrase extempore (ex ‘out of’ and tempore, the ablative case of tempus ‘time’), which was the source of the Latin adjectives extemporālis and extemporāneus. Both of these were acquired by English, as extemporal [16] and extemporaneous [17], but only the latter has survived. Ex tempore itself was first lexicalized in English as an adverb, and was not used as an adjective until the 17th century.

extempore (adv.)

1550s, from Latin phrase ex tempore "offhand, in accordance with (the needs of) the moment," literally "out of time," from ex "out of" (see ex-) + tempore, ablative of tempus (genitive temporis) "time" (see temporal). Of speaking, strictly "without preparation, without time to prepare," but now often with a sense merely of "without notes or a teleprompter." As an adjective and noun from 1630s.

The song was composed extempore.

这个曲子是即席作成的.

辞典例句

A great poet once wrote an extempore poem here.

一位大诗人曾经在这里留题了一首诗.

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