| 单词 | off the cuff |
| 释义 | off the cuffIf youspeakoff thecuff, you say something without havingpreparedorthoughtaboutyourwords first: 未经准备；未加思索；即兴地I hadn'tpreparedaspeechso I just said a few words off thecuff.我没准备发言，所以就随便说了几句。 [before noun]an off-the-cuffremark即兴评论 Immediately
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not showing careful thought Examplesofoff the cuffoff the cuff The pre-composed part could also be backings behind a solo, which could be taught aurallyoffthecuff. From theCambridge English Corpus I could not answer itoffthecuff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot say, "offthecuff", the exact amount, but it is a substantial matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I should not like to answer the first partoffthecuff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to give an answeroffthecuffin this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Since he made that "offthecuff" remark, a number of things have happened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot give that percentage figureoffthecuff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not dream of answering such a technical questionoffthecuff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is difficult for me to answer those pointsoffthecuff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I took it as a courtesy—it was perhaps also wisdom on her part—that she did not attempt to answeroffthecuff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea that questions of that kind can be answered "offthecuff" or even after a few days without anxious consideration is wholly wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I should not like to replyoffthecuff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course one is trying to answeroffthecuffand one could be wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I should not like to express an opinionoffthecuff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These were not cases that were dealt withoffthecuff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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