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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Phil used a makeshift fishing pole and caught two fish.
  菲尔用代用的鱼杆钓到了两条鱼。
• They made a makeshift table from boxes.
  他们用箱子搭了一张临时用方桌。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。