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单词 extemporize
释义 ex·tem·po·rize
\ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌrīz\ verb
Usage: see -ize
Etymology: extempore (I) + -ize
intransitive verb
1. : to do something extemporaneously : improvise; especially : to speak extemporaneously
 < he rarely extemporized and never on grave occasions — John Buchan >
2. : to get along in a makeshift manner adapted to the occasion : regularly meet necessity with temporary expedients : live with little or no advance planning
 < the world, facing the need to organize itself internationally, drifted and extemporized — Charles McKinley >
 < extemporizing without a plan has long been regarded by many as a necessary and inherent part of movie making — Hortense Powdermaker >
transitive verb
1. : to compose, perform, or utter extemporaneously : improvise
 < a cleverly extemporized organ accompaniment >
 < extemporizing an after-dinner speech >
2. : to provide, make, or put to use as a temporary expedient
 < the ungainly but useful vessels which Caesar had extemporized — J.A.Froude >
 < beyond the extemporized bandstand — Graham Greene >
: produce, put together, devise, or contrive hurriedly or in a makeshift manner to meet an immediate need or emergency
 < trying to extemporize a competent personnel >
 < extemporizing a plan to overwhelm the opposition >
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