offhanded

英

美

adj.  立即的，即席的

英英释义

adj

• casually thoughtless or inconsiderate
  1. an offhand manner
  2. she treated most men with offhand contempt
  Synonym:offhand
• with little or no preparation or forethought
  1. his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment
  2. an extemporaneous piano recital
  3. an extemporary lecture
  4. an extempore skit
  5. an impromptu speech
  6. offhand excuses
  7. trying to sound offhanded and reassuring
  8. an off-the-cuff toast
  9. a few unrehearsed comments
  Synonym:ad-libextemporaneousextemporaryextemporeimpromptuoffhandoff-the-cuffunrehearsed

adv

• in a casually inconsiderate manner
  1. replied offhand, his mind a million miles away
  2. she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter
  Synonym:offhandoffhandedly
• without previous thought or preparation
  1. couldn't give the figures offhand
  2. we decided offhand to go to Canada
  3. she had made these remarks offhandedly
  Synonym:offhandoffhandedly

双语例句

• Therefore, with the development of 3D laser imaging technique and its popularization in engineering geology, updating the technique of rock discontinuity investigation is offhanded and soon.
  因此，三维激光成像技术的引入，必将引发岩体结构特征参数测试技术革新性的发展。