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

• He slept on the ground and sometimes on a makeshift bamboo bed.
  他大部分时间都睡在地上，有时睡在时搭建的竹床。
• 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。
• 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。
• The gangs also provide a makeshift family.
  这些团伙还提供一种临时家庭。
• This lets you climb up any building by creating a makeshift ladder.
  这样你就能通过这个梯子的替代物来爬上任意一个建筑。
• The makeshift tent answered their purpose.
  临时代用帐篷解决了他们的问题。
• They performed on a makeshift stage of wood planks.
  他们在一个用木板搭的临时舞台上演出。
• Makeshift dwellings were thrown up almost overnight.
  几乎是一夜之间就匆匆搭起了一些临时住房。
• 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。
• The latest refugees were housed in makeshift dormitories.
  新来的难民被安置在临时的集体寝室里。