音标:['meikʃift] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 权宜之计, 临时代用品
a. 权宜的, 临时代用的
n. something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
词型变化:名词复数形式 : makeshifts
考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
形容词100%

makeshift的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. We put together a makeshift tent.我们一起搭起了一个临时帐篷。
  2. They made a makeshift table from boxes.他们把箱子做成一张临时用的桌子。
  3. The makeshift tent answered their purpose.将就代用的帐篷解决了他们的问题。
用作名词(n.)
  1. The dining couch was a makeshift, poor and patched but the best they had.吃饭的椅子是临时搭建的,又破又烂,但却是他们最好的椅子。

词汇搭配

  • makeshift check dam临时挡水坝
  • make shift尽力设法应付...

经典引文

  • The cottage was a sorry antediluvian make-shift of a building.

    出自:C. Lamb
  • Quinbury wouldn't do, even as a temporary makeshift.

    出自:A. West
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