improvise: [19] Etymologically, if you improvise something, it is because it has not been ‘provided’ for in advance. The word comes via French improviser from the Italian adjective improvviso ‘extempore’, a descendant of Latin imprōvīsus ‘unforeseen’. This in turn was formed from the negative prefix in- and the past participle of prōvīdere ‘foresee’ (source of English provide).
The earliest recorded use of the verb in English is by Benjamin Disraeli in Vivian Grey 1826: ‘He possessed also the singular faculty of being able to improvise quotations’. (The closely related improvident ‘not providing for the future’ [16] preserves even more closely the sense of its Latin original.) => provide
improvise (v.)
1826, back-formation from improvisation, or else from French improviser (17c.), from Italian improvisare "to sing or speak extempore," from improviso, from Latin improvisus "unforeseen, unexpected" (see improvisation). Or possibly a back-formation from improvisation. Related: Improvised; improvising.
雙語例句
1. They show no disposition to improvise or to take risks.
他們不愿意臨時湊合或冒險。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Sometimes I improvise and change the words because I forget them.
有時，我臨場發揮改了詞，因為我把原來的詞給忘了。
來自柯林斯例句
3. I then begin to improvise melodies vocally.
接著我開始哼起即興創作的旋律。
來自柯林斯例句
4. There isn't much equipment. We're going to have to improvise.
設備不多，我們只能將就著用。
來自《權威詞典》
5. The church organist may improvise on a ground bass.