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

• The makeshift tent answered their purpose.
  临时代用帐篷解决了他们的问题。
• People are sprawled on makeshift beds in the cafeteria
  人们懒散地躺在食堂里搭起的临时床铺上。
• Many are living in makeshift camps set up on sports pitches and in empty fields.
  许多人住在运动场和空领域的临时营地。
• A crude or makeshift dwelling or shelter; a shack.
  简陋小屋，茅屋粗糙的临时住房或隐蔽处；棚屋暂时或临时的居住者。
• So makeshift assistance should be enough for Greece, but that leaves Spain, Italy, Portugal and Ireland.
  因此，对希腊来说，临时援助应该足够了，但还有西班牙、意大利、葡萄牙和爱尔兰有待解决。
• Most of those who survived are living in makeshift tents and hastily-built government'barracks '.
  大部分幸存者则居住在临时支起的帐篷里和政府紧急搭建的“兵营”式的大棚中。
• We put together a makeshift tent.
  我们一起搭起了一个临时帐篷。
• 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。
• They have been given shelter at government houses, makeshift tents and places of worship nearby.
  他们已经在政府房屋，临时帐篷和附近的神龛中获得了庇护。
• This is just a makeshift plan for the moment; we may work out a better one.
  这只是个临时计划，我们可能还会制订更好的。