off-the-cuff

英 [ˌɒf ðə ˈkʌf]

美 [ˌɔːf ðə ˈkʌf]

未经准备(或思考)的;即兴的

柯林斯词典

• → see:cuff

英英释义

adj

• with little or no preparation or forethought
  1. his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment
  2. an extemporaneous piano recital
  3. an extemporary lecture
  4. an extempore skit
  5. an impromptu speech
  6. offhand excuses
  7. trying to sound offhanded and reassuring
  8. an off-the-cuff toast
  9. a few unrehearsed comments
  Synonym:ad-libextemporaneousextemporaryextemporeimpromptuoffhandoffhandedunrehearsed

双语例句

• Ideally, if you can establish a culture of disciplined estimation, you can eliminate the requests for off-the-cuff estimates.
  理想情况下，如果可以形成严格评估的氛围，则可以消除即兴评估的要求。
• The president's off-the-cuff remarks are better than his official statement.
  总统的即席演讲胜过他的正式演说。
• An off-the-cuff joke, remark, etc.
  随口而出的笑话、言语等。
• The ability to show a sense of humor at off-the-cuff and casual conversations is also incredibly important.
  在即席和非正式谈话中显示幽默感也非常重要。
• Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen is the sexiest man in Finland, French President Jacques Chirac said in off-the-cuff remarks recorded by television crews at a Europe-Asia summit in Helsinki.
  在芬兰首都赫尔辛基召开的欧亚峰会期间，法国总统雅克·拉克在一次闲聊中称赞芬兰总理马蒂·哈宁是芬兰最性感的男人，这句话被电视台的工作人员录了下来。
• No sloppy statements, no off-the-cuff remarks, no casual preparation and no excuses.
  不允许有有散漫的陈述，不允许有简单随意的准备和任何借口。
• What I can't do is off-the-cuff talk, either with strangers or with people I know, he says.
  我不能做的事情是即兴谈话，无论是与陌生人还是我认识的人。
• Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner.
  你可以用轻松的、不做作的方式说一些很随便的、看上去是即兴的话。
• I didn't intend to be taken so seriously, it was just an off-the-cuff suggestion.
  我不想引起如此重视，这只不过是个随意的建议。
• I didn't mean any offence. It was a flippant, off-the-cuff remark
  我并无冒犯之意。那只是随口说出的一句轻率话。