makeshift

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

Translation

n. 權宜之計, 臨時代用的物品
Word Forms

Example Sentences

The accommodation for the press was makeshift at best.

遷就新聞界充其量只是個權宜之計。

the makeshift team performed heroics.

這支臨時隊伍譁衆取寵地表現自己。

used a rock as a makeshift hammer.

用石塊作臨時代用的錘子

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

沒有朋友可求助 參見同義詞 makeshift

makeshift barricades against tank attacks.

阻擋坦克攻擊的臨時路障。

arranging a row of chairs to form a makeshift bed.

擺一排椅子湊成一張臨時的牀。

lacked a cane but used a stick as a makeshift;

沒有柺杖,就用一根棍子作臨時代用品;

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

爲不速之客準備晚餐;提供備用的止血帶

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

收集樹枝和草做一個臨時小棚;在佛蒙特州有一個釣魚的營房

Real-world Examples

We have created our makeshift assembly line.

我們建立了自己的臨時裝配線。

Source: CNN 10 Summer Special

They murmur prayers, forming a makeshift vigil.

他們低聲祈禱,進行了臨時的守夜活動。

Source: NPR News January 2021 Compilation

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

當局告訴人們不要參加未經批准的集會,一些臨時紀念場所也已經被拆除。

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

The earliest arrivals lived in a makeshift encampment called Ragtown.

最早抵達的人住在臨時的營地,叫做破布鎮。

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

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

移民兒童們被關在邊境的臨時設施裏。

Source: VOA Daily Standard March 2021 Collection

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

在臨時醫院, 我們瞭解到更多的人已經被殺害。

Source: CNN Listening Compilation January 2014

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

孟加拉國考克斯巴扎爾大約三百所臨時房屋被摧毀。

Source: BBC Listening Collection May 2023

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

數百名其他移民仍住在該地區的臨時營地。

Source: BBC Listening Collection May 2023

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

雖然在災區人們蓋起了一座座簡易房,以供倖存者居住。

Source: CNN Listening November 2013 Collection

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

發言人克里斯·朗姆表示450座臨時營地遍佈全國。

Source: NPR News February 2013 Collection

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