Question

makeshift adj.临时的n.临时替代物 (1) 我们一起搭起了一个临时帐篷。(2) 他们把箱子做成一张临时用的桌子。(3) 将就代用的帐篷解决了他们的问题。(4) 吃饭的椅子是临时搭建的，又破又烂，但却是他们最好的椅子。 What's interesting about makeshift is the way it can vary in meaning from approval to criticism. Those people trapped in the island in Lost? They came up with some pretty cool makeshift tents and survival ideas. But a government described as makeshift, for example, probably has little going for it.

Accepted Answer

英 ['meɪkʃɪft] 美 ['meɪkʃɪft] (1) We put together a makeshift tent.(2) They made a makeshift table from boxes.(3) The makeshift tent answered their purpose.(4) The dining couch was a makeshift, poor and patched but the best they had. If you have to use a garbage can lid as a sled or a set of drapes as a ball gown, then you know what it means to put together a makeshift creation. Something makeshift has been improvised, thrown together with whatever is around. 1[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

英语单词	makeshift
英美音标	英 ['meɪkʃɪft] 美 ['meɪkʃɪft]
中文释义	adj.临时的 n.临时替代物
英语例句	(1) We put together a makeshift tent. (2) They made a makeshift table from boxes. (3) The makeshift tent answered their purpose. (4) The dining couch was a makeshift, poor and patched but the best they had.
中文例句	(1) 我们一起搭起了一个临时帐篷。 (2) 他们把箱子做成一张临时用的桌子。 (3) 将就代用的帐篷解决了他们的问题。 (4) 吃饭的椅子是临时搭建的，又破又烂，但却是他们最好的椅子。
vocabulary简明	If you have to use a garbage can lid as a sled or a set of drapes as a ball gown, then you know what it means to put together a makeshift creation. Something makeshift has been improvised, thrown together with whatever is around.
vocabulary扩展	What's interesting about makeshift is the way it can vary in meaning from approval to criticism. Those people trapped in the island in Lost? They came up with some pretty cool makeshift tents and survival ideas. But a government described as makeshift, for example, probably has little going for it.
柯林斯解释	1 [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

Makeshift Put Poor 英 Meɪkʃɪft] 美 Meɪkʃɪft Adj.临时的 N.临时替代物