Improvise

(verb.) perform without preparation; 'he extemporized a speech at the wedding'.

(verb.) manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; 'after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks'.

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• I said: Come, now, George, don't improvise. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• We shall improvise something that will do as well. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• This improvised stove will burn without attention for twenty-four hours, and it is amazing what a great amount of heat is given off from so small a surface. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The bridge over the Pamunkey had been burned by the enemy, but a new one was speedily improvised and the cavalry crossed over it. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• These improvised armies had in fact nothing to delay them. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He was experimenting in tunes to suit some words of his own, sometimes trying a ready-made melody, sometimes improvising. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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