Makeshift

['meɪkʃɪft] or ['mek'ʃɪft]

(noun.) something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency.

编辑:苏珊娜--From WordNet

(n.) That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.

校对:罗伯特

n. Substitute, temporary, expedient.

丹尼斯编辑

In the world around us we see makeshift devices at work in all those branches, ill co-ordinated one with another and unsatisfactory in themselves. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
And I am not a model clergyman--only a decent makeshift. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
I think what you call the makeshift contrivances at dear Helstone were a charming part of the life there. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.

整理:薇尔玛