So, my remarks here today, being extemporaneous, I am sure you will make allowances for me. 因此,今天本人在此发表的即席演说,我确信各位一定会包容。
I am not a very good extemporaneous speaker; in fact, I am no speaker at all; but I am not so very much discouraged, because a few days ago I was at Hyde Park, and went to the President's library. 我并不擅于即席演说,事实上根本称不上是演说家,但我不会因此怯场,因为前几天我在海德公园参观过总统图书馆,在那里看见的一些东西鼓励了我,让我感觉各位或许不会对我的即席演说要求太多。
extemporaneous
[ adj ] with little or no preparation or forethought <adj.all> his ad-lib comments showed poor judgmentan extemporaneous piano recital an extemporary lecture an extempore skit an impromptu speech offhand excuses trying to sound offhanded and reassuring an off-the-cuff toast a few unrehearsed comments
Extemporaneous \Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous\, a. [See {Extempore}.] Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; ad-lib; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production. -- {Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness},n.
Aides say much of his acceptance speech may well be extemporaneous comments praising Bush, attacking Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis and stressing his own experience on national security and defense issues.
The remark, however, was understood to be an extemporaneous comment and not a policy statement that the Reagan administration wanted the currency's new upward course to flatten out.
Barbara Bush, taking time out Thursday from the festive French bicentennial celebration, inaugurated a wing at the American Hospital with an extemporaneous speech _ an informal touch recently adopted by the first couple.