makeshift

[US]/'meɪkʃɪft/
[UK]/ˈmeɪkʃɪft/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 权宜之计, 临时代用的物品
Word Forms

Example Sentences

The accommodation for the press was makeshift at best.

迁就新闻界充其量只是个权宜之计。

the makeshift team performed heroics.

这支临时队伍哗众取宠地表现自己。

used a rock as a makeshift hammer.

用石块作临时代用的锤子

has no friends to turn to. See also Synonyms at makeshift

没有朋友可求助 参见同义词 makeshift

makeshift barricades against tank attacks.

阻挡坦克攻击的临时路障。

arranging a row of chairs to form a makeshift bed.

摆一排椅子凑成一张临时的床。

lacked a cane but used a stick as a makeshift;

没有拐杖,就用一根棍子作临时代用品;

improvised a dinner for the unexpected guests; improvise a makeshift tourniquet.

为不速之客准备晚餐;提供备用的止血带

gathered branches and grasses for a makeshift camp; had a fishing camp in Vermont.

收集树枝和草做一个临时小棚;在佛蒙特州有一个钓鱼的营房

Real-world Examples

We have created our makeshift assembly line.

我们建立了自己的临时装配线。

Source: CNN 10 Summer Special

They murmur prayers, forming a makeshift vigil.

他们低声祈祷,进行了临时的守夜活动。

Source: NPR News January 2021 Compilation

And authorities are telling people to avoid unsanctioned gatherings with some makeshift memorials being taken down.

当局告诉人们不要参加未经批准的集会,一些临时纪念场所也已经被拆除。

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

The earliest arrivals lived in a makeshift encampment called Ragtown.

最早抵达的人住在临时的营地,叫做破布镇。

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

The children are being kept in makeshift facilities at the border.

移民儿童们被关在边境的临时设施里。

Source: VOA Daily Standard March 2021 Collection

In the makeshift hospital we learned that more have been killed.

在临时医院, 我们了解到更多的人已经被杀害。

Source: CNN Listening Compilation January 2014

Around 300 makeshift homes in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh were destroyed.

孟加拉国考克斯巴扎尔大约三百所临时房屋被摧毁。

Source: BBC Listening Collection May 2023

Hundreds of other migrants remain in the area living in makeshift camps.

数百名其他移民仍住在该地区的临时营地。

Source: BBC Listening Collection May 2023

Makeshift shelters for those left behind have sprung up all over the area.

虽然在灾区人们盖起了一座座简易房,以供幸存者居住。

Source: CNN Listening November 2013 Collection

Spokesman Chris Lom says there are 450 makeshift camps dotted around the country.

发言人克里斯·朗姆表示450座临时营地遍布全国。

Source: NPR News February 2013 Collection

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