makeshift

adj.

1. 临时替代的；权宜的
   used temporarily for a particular purpose because the real thing is not available
   1. A few cushions formed a makeshift bed.
      临时用几个垫子拼了一张床。

1. 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.
   1. ...the cardboard boxes and makeshift shelters of the homeless.
      无家可归者的纸箱与临时的栖身处
   2. ...a makeshift coffee table.
      临时代用咖啡桌

1. 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。
2. Thousands have been compelled to flee the country in makeshift boats.
   数以千计的人被迫乘坐简易船只逃离了这个国家。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. Migration generated slums along the stream in shabby makeshift houses.
   移民形成的贫民区沿河搭建起了许多简陋的临时房屋。
6. He and the other would-be residents take shifts guarding the area, sleeping in tents and in makeshift rooms.
   他和其他未来的住户轮流守卫这片区域，他们睡在帐篷和临时整理出的房间里。
7. This is just a makeshift plan for the moment; we may work out a better one.
   这只是个临时计划，我们可能还会制订更好的。
8. When I walked into his makeshift office I'd never seen him so angry.
   当我走进他的临时办公室时我从没见过他如此的气愤。
9. The gangs also provide a makeshift family.
   这些团伙还提供一种临时家庭。
10. This lets you climb up any building by creating a makeshift ladder.
    这样你就能通过这个梯子的替代物来爬上任意一个建筑。
11. So makeshift assistance should be enough for Greece, but that leaves Spain, Italy, Portugal and Ireland.
    因此，对希腊来说，临时援助应该足够了，但还有西班牙、意大利、葡萄牙和爱尔兰有待解决。
12. Makeshift dwellings were thrown up almost overnight.
    几乎是一夜之间就匆匆搭起了一些临时住房。
13. A crude or makeshift dwelling or shelter; a shack.
    简陋小屋，茅屋粗糙的临时住房或隐蔽处；棚屋暂时或临时的居住者。
14. They also played a game of soccer with a makeshift soccer ball.
    他们还找了个临时的足球踢了场比赛。
15. They performed on a makeshift stage of wood planks.
    他们在一个用木板搭的临时舞台上演出。
16. A few cushions formed a makeshift bed.
    临时用几个垫子拼了一张床。
17. He said he'd seen several bodies and many wounded people at a makeshift hospital at a mosque.
    他表示，他在一个清真寺的临时医院中看到了几具尸体和许多伤员。
18. Parts of their makeshift raft and some of the their letters were found on nearby Angel Island.
    后来，他们做的橡皮筏的部分碎片和他们的一些信件在天使岛附近被人找到。
19. She says they live with family or friends or set up makeshift shelters.
    沙夫说，这些人跟家人或者朋友一起住，或者搭建简陋的临时住所。
20. Is scaffold free of makeshift devices or ladders to increase height?
    脚手架无用来增加高度的临时装置或梯子吗？
21. He slept on the ground and sometimes on a makeshift bamboo bed.
    他大部分时间都睡在地上，有时睡在时搭建的竹床。
22. They made a makeshift table from boxes.
    他们用箱子搭了一张临时用方桌。
23. They have been given shelter at government houses, makeshift tents and places of worship nearby.
    他们已经在政府房屋，临时帐篷和附近的神龛中获得了庇护。
24. The makeshift tent answered their purpose.
    临时代用帐篷解决了他们的问题。
25. Most of those who survived are living in makeshift tents and hastily-built government'barracks '.
    大部分幸存者则居住在临时支起的帐篷里和政府紧急搭建的“兵营”式的大棚中。
26. Many are living in makeshift camps set up on sports pitches and in empty fields.
    许多人住在运动场和空领域的临时营地。
27. Phil used a makeshift fishing pole and caught two fish.
    菲尔用代用的鱼杆钓到了两条鱼。
28. The soldiers Gathered branches and grasses for a makeshift camp.
    那些士兵收集树枝和草做一个临时帐篷。
29. We put together a makeshift tent.
    我们一起搭起了一个临时帐篷。
30. I will not use makeshift materials.
    我不会凑合使用的材料。

noun

1. something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

   Synonym:    stopgapmake-do

adj

1. done or made using whatever is available
   1. crossed the river on improvised bridges
   2. the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear
   3. the rock served as a makeshift hammer

   Synonym:    improvisedjury-rigged