The place is a bit jerry-built.

这个地方有点偷工减料。

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Over the decades, our courtyard's central open space has been crowded by jerry-built kitchens and additional rooms.

多年来，我们院子里的空地被各种自建的简易厨房和临时搭建的房间占满了。

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Enterprising locals have built riverside bars hawking the national pride, "Beerlao, " and jerry-rigged flywires over the river.

有进取的当地人在河岸建设具有民族自豪感的酒吧，“老挝啤酒”，而英国人操纵着这条河流。

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Students expressed their hostility with jerry-built interventions, and in 1969 a studio fire of mysterious origin finished the job.

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To this day, the Lebanese army periodically stops them from bringing building materials into the camps, thus preventing them from improving their jerry-built homes.

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Add to this a jerry-built Bosnia, just about held together by the West, and the scene is set for a potential collapse of terrifying proportions.

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