makeshift是什么意思？

makeshift

英[ˈmeɪkʃɪft] 美[ˈmekˌʃɪft]

• n. 权宜之计，临时替代品；
• adj. 临时的，权宜之计的，凑合的；

复数：makeshifts;

例句

• The accommodation for the press was makeshift at best. 迁就新闻界充其量只是个权宜之计。
• Sluices and valves govern the flow of liquid and makeshift meters record the water - levels. 这些容器里的水由阀门控制着,水位由临时安放的尺子标注.
• Many refugees are sheltering under makeshift tarpaulin structures. 许多灾民住在临时用防水布搭建的帐篷里.
• A few cushions formed a makeshift bed. 临时用几个垫子拼了一张床。
• 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。
• 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。
• The tanks left burning vehicles in their wake as they ploughed through makeshift barricades. 坦克冲过临时搭建的路障，所过之处留下了燃烧的车辆。
• ...a makeshift coffee table. 临时代用咖啡桌
• ...the cardboard boxes and makeshift shelters of the homeless. 无家可归者的纸箱与临时的栖身处
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  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.
  例句
  ...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

英汉词典释义

• n.
  权宜之计, 临时代用的物品
  The accommodation for the press was makeshift at best. 迁就新闻界充其量只是个权宜之计。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
• Adjective
  1. done or made using whatever is available;
  "crossed the river on improvised bridges""the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear""the rock served as a makeshift hammer"