extemporaneous
形容词 adj.
英 /ɪksˌ-/|/ɛksˌtɛm.pɜː(ɹ)ˈeɪn.i.əs/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.
— My speeches in Great Britain were wholly extemporaneous, and I may not always have been so guarded in my expressions, as I otherwise should have been. I was ten years younger then than now, and only seven years from slavery.
词源
From Late Latin extemporāneus, from Latin ex tempore (“impromptu”).
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