[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]权宜的;临时凑合的Makeshift things are temporary and usually of poor quality, but they are used because there is nothing better available.
[usu ADJ n]
...the cardboard boxes and makeshift shelters of the homeless.
无家可归者的纸箱与临时的栖身处
...a makeshift coffee table.
临时代用咖啡桌
Oxford
make·shift/ˈmeɪkʃɪft; NAmEˈmeɪkʃɪft/adjective[usually before noun ]used temporarily for a particular purpose because the real thing is not available 临时替代的;权宜的SYN
provisional
,
improvised
◆A few cushions formed a makeshift bed.临时用几个垫子拼了一张床。makeshiftmakeshiftsmake·shift/ˈmeɪkʃɪft; NAmEˈmeɪkʃɪft/
LDC
makeshiftmake‧shift /ˈmeɪkʃɪft/ adjective
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made to be used for a short time only when nothing better is available: The refugees slept in makeshift tents at the side of the road.
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makeshift
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临时的(94%),临时替代物(6%)
n.权宜之计;凑合;临时措施;将就
adj.临时的;权宜之计的;凑合的
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