makeshift

英 [ˈmeɪkʃɪft]

美 [ˈmeɪkʃɪft]

adj.  临时替代的; 权宜的
n.  权宜之计; 临时替代品

复数：makeshifts　

GRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.11786 / COCA.8767

牛津词典

adj.

• 临时替代的；权宜的
  used temporarily for a particular purpose because the real thing is not available
  1. A few cushions formed a makeshift bed.
     临时用几个垫子拼了一张床。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 权宜的;临时凑合的
  Makeshiftthings are temporary and usually of poor quality, but they are used because there is nothing better available.
  1. ...the cardboard boxes and makeshift shelters of the homeless.
     无家可归者的纸箱与临时的栖身处
  2. ...a makeshift coffee table.
     临时代用咖啡桌

英英释义

noun

• something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
  Synonym:stopgapmake-do

adj

• done or made using whatever is available
  1. crossed the river on improvised bridges
  2. the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear
  3. the rock served as a makeshift hammer
  Synonym:improvisedjury-rigged

双语例句

• Migration generated slums along the stream in shabby makeshift houses.
  移民形成的贫民区沿河搭建起了许多简陋的临时房屋。
• Is scaffold free of makeshift devices or ladders to increase height?
  脚手架无用来增加高度的临时装置或梯子吗？
• He and the other would-be residents take shifts guarding the area, sleeping in tents and in makeshift rooms.
  他和其他未来的住户轮流守卫这片区域，他们睡在帐篷和临时整理出的房间里。
• She says they live with family or friends or set up makeshift shelters.
  沙夫说，这些人跟家人或者朋友一起住，或者搭建简陋的临时住所。
• He said he'd seen several bodies and many wounded people at a makeshift hospital at a mosque.
  他表示，他在一个清真寺的临时医院中看到了几具尸体和许多伤员。
• They also played a game of soccer with a makeshift soccer ball.
  他们还找了个临时的足球踢了场比赛。
• We put together a makeshift tent.
  我们一起搭起了一个临时帐篷。
• A few cushions formed a makeshift bed.
  临时用几个垫子拼了一张床。
• Thousands have been compelled to flee the country in makeshift boats.
  数以千计的人被迫乘坐简易船只逃离了这个国家。
• I will not use makeshift materials.
  我不会凑合使用的材料。