off the cuff
基本解释
- 即兴地
英汉例句
- Off the cuff, I'd say about two thousand.
我的印象好像是两千人。 - That was nice, funny and quite off the cuff.
他的形容很形象,也很有趣,而且相当的即兴。 - 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.'
她说:“我听说没有讲词提示器,那忘词的时候就只能说:‘好,那我就在希拉里•克林顿和康多莉扎•赖斯面前来一番即兴感言吧。” - 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
双语例句
原声例句
权威例句
词组短语
- Apparently Off The Cuff 显然这不即兴
- speak off the cuff 即席发言
- off the cuff detail 即兴地
- off -the-cuff remarks 即席讲话;即兴的话语
- to talk off the cuff 信口开河
短语
英英字典
- If you speak off the cuff, you say something without having prepared or thought about your words first.