off the cuff 详细解释

off the cuff

未经准备, 即席

英英释义

形容词 off the cuff:

with little or no preparation or forethought

同义词:ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed

副词 off the cuff:

without preparation

补充

off the cuffoff the cuff1.即兴地, 非正式地; 当场This is not the kind of question that one can answer off the cuff.这可不是那种可以当场答复的问题。

例句

1. Mr Baker was speaking off the cuff when he made those suggestions.贝克先生临时提出了这些建议。 2. I can't answer that question off the cuff.我不能立即回答这个问题。 3. He talked/spoke off the cuff about his work on the project.他就自己在这个项目上所做的工作进行了即兴发言。 4. I had to give the speech off the cuff.我不得不做了即兴演讲。