off the cuff
基本解釋
- 即興地
英漢例句
- Off the cuff, I'd say about two thousand.
我的印象好像是兩千人。 - That was nice, funny and quite off the cuff.
他的形容很形象，也很有趣，而且相當(dāng)?shù)募磁d。 - I heard they don't have a teleprompter, so I'm like, 'OK, I'm going to just have to go off the cuff in front of Hillary Clinton and (fellow honoree) Condoleezza Rice.'
她說(shuō)：“我聽(tīng)說(shuō)沒(méi)有講詞提示器，那忘詞的時(shí)候就只能說(shuō)：‘好，那我就在希拉里?克林頓和康多莉扎?賴斯面前來(lái)一番即興感言吧?！?/li>原聲例句
- Let's see if I can name a few off the cuff, or without any preparation.
- He even speaks off the cuff, something no candidate is ever supposed to do.
NPR: Thompson, Potential GOP Force, in New Meetings - In any event, Mr Balladur's latest comments were by no means off the cuff.
ECONOMIST: France - But just off the cuff to reporters again today spoke about lifting the ban being too distracting.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing
雙語(yǔ)例句
權(quán)威例句
詞組短語(yǔ)
- Apparently Off The Cuff 顯然這不即興
- speak off the cuff 即席發(fā)言
- off the cuff detail 即興地
- off -the-cuff remarks 即席講話;即興的話語(yǔ)
- to talk off the cuff 信口開(kāi)河
短語(yǔ)
英英字典
- If you speak off the cuff, you say something without having prepared or thought about your words first.