ad-lib

ad-lib /ˌæd ˈlɪb/ verb (ad-libbed, ad-libbing)

[intransitiveI, transitiveT]PERFORM to say things that you have not prepared or planned when you are performing or giving a speech （在…中）即兴讲话 SYN improvise

I never use a script; I just ad lib the whole programme.

我从来都不用节目稿，整个节目我都是即兴发挥。

—ad-lib noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

ad-lib• No one could remember the song very well, so we had to ad-lib.• The other actors were thrown into confusion when she started ad-libbing her final speech.• Betsy forgot her lines and had to ad-lib the rest of the scene.

Origin ad-lib

(1900-2000) ad lib “without any preparation” ((19-21 centuries)), from Modern Latin ad libitum “according to desire”

单词	ad-lib
释义	ad-lib ad-lib /ˌæd ˈlɪb/ verb (ad-libbed, ad-libbing) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PERFORM to say things that you have not prepared or planned when you are performing or giving a speech （在…中）即兴讲话 SYN improvise I never use a script; I just ad lib the whole programme. 我从来都不用节目稿，整个节目我都是即兴发挥。 —ad-lib noun [countableC] Examples from the Corpus ad-lib• No one could remember the song very well, so we had to ad-lib.• The other actors were thrown into confusion when she started ad-libbing her final speech.• Betsy forgot her lines and had to ad-lib the rest of the scene. Origin ad-lib (1900-2000) ad lib “without any preparation” ((19-21 centuries)), from Modern Latin ad libitum “according to desire”
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