Makeshift

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

编辑:苏珊娜

• 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