makeshift meaning in English
n. 将就，凑合，一时之计，权宜之计，临时手段 (use an empty box as a makeshift for a table 以空箱当饭桌凑合使用)。
2.adj. 暂时的，一时的。
Examples
- The makeshift fare would have to sustain him through the night .
今天他就得靠这些七拼八凑的食物过夜了。 - On a makeshift couch against one wall a girl lay stretched out .
靠在一面墙上的一张简陋睡椅上平躺着一个姑娘。 - The peasant family is cramped tightly into a small makeshift shack in a favela, or squatter slum .
那个农民家庭却挤在贫民窟中一个临时凑合的小棚屋里。 - We butted two boards for a makeshift bed
我们把两块木板拼接起来临时作床用。 - Phil used a makeshift fishing pole and caught two fish
菲尔用代用的鱼杆钓到了两条鱼。