英 [ˈmeɪkʃɪft] 美 [ˈmeɪkʃɪft]
n. 权宜之计，临时替代物
adj. 临时替代的，权宜的
复数makeshifts
makeshift /ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft/ CET6+ TEM8
形容词 Makeshift things are temporary and usually of poor quality, but they are used because there is nothing better available. 临时凑合的
...the cardboard boxes and makeshift shelters of the homeless.
…无家可归者的纸板箱和临时栖身处。
done or made using whatever is available
the rock served as a makeshift hammer
同义词： improvised / jury-rigged
权宜之计的(makeshift), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
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权宜之计；凑合；临时措施；将就
临时的；权宜之计的；凑合的
temporary / extraordinary / odd / occasional
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.
人们四仰八叉地躺在食堂里搭起的临时床铺上。
Not far from them, other survivors in the earthquake wail in pain at the makeshift hospital.
离他们不远处，地震中的其他幸存者在临时搭建的医院中痛苦地哀号。
The cause of the blast is being investigated, but police say the vehicle may have been transporting a makeshift bomb.
VOA : standard.2010.04.01
What would happen is these people who were enslaved from different cultures would develop a makeshift communication system so they could talk to one another.
这些来自不同文化的被奴役的个体,会创造出一种临时的交流系统,以便他们之间能够互相交流
心理学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
They take this makeshift communication system developed by adults and, again, they turn it into a full-blown language, suggesting that to some extent it's part of our human nature to create languages.
他们继承了成人发展出来的临时交流系统,将这个临时交流系统,再次发展成一种成熟的语言,这表明从某种程度上来说,创造语言是我们人类本性的一部分
心理学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Makeshift hospitals continue to struggle to treat the huge number of people injured in the earthquake.
VOA : standard.2010.01.21
Almost 50 children, from toddlers to teenagers, squeeze onto wooden benches in a makeshift structure.
VOA : standard.2010.02.25
Starting 9 September, makeshift sidewalk studios crafting beautiful clay idols will spring up along nearly every city street.
They only felt safe in so far as they could defend themselves with their makeshift weapons.
Either side are two cardboard flats, the assemblage framed by four lamps the photographer Styles's makeshift studio.
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