英英释义
make shift
- n. something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
- adj. done or made using whatever is available
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
makeshift /ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft/ CET6+ TEM8
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ADJ Makeshift things are temporary and usually of poor quality, but they are used because there is nothing better available. 临时凑合的
例：...the cardboard boxes and makeshift shelters of the homeless.
…无家可归者的纸板箱和临时栖身处。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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转换一下思维。
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Current make-shift arrangements to convert other hospital beds into trauma/intensive care beds are also nearing exhaustion of capacity.
目前将其它医院床位改成外科/重症监护室床位的临时安排，也已用尽这些床位。
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Birds fly over make-shift tents in Helmand province.
飞鸟掠过赫尔曼德省的临时帐篷。
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A number of people have taken over a children's climbing set. They've set up sheets and tents and what look like make shift sleeping bags.
VOA: standard.2010.01.14
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This is what I love about the first part of Genesis God is trying to figure out what he has made and what he has done, and he's got to shift modes all the time and God realizes that he's going to have to make a concession.
这是我喜欢《创世纪》第一部分的原因,上帝想弄清楚，他造了什么东西,他做了什么,上帝意识到。
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The organization more recently has called for the government to allow unhindered access to aid workers in make-shift camps that house hundreds of thousands of Tamils, including women and children.
VOA: standard.2009.09.06
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