Makeshift means you did not have the right thing, so you built a stand-in for now. A makeshift bed on the floor. A makeshift tent from a sheet. A makeshift hospital in a school hall after a storm.

Makeshift meansMakeshift的意思是：you did not have the right thing你沒有合適的東西，so you built a stand-in for now所以先做了個替代品應急。A makeshift bed on the floor地板上臨時湊合的一張makeshift床。A makeshift tent from a sheet用床單搭的一頂makeshift帳篷。A makeshift hospital in a school hall after a storm暴風雨過後，設在學校禮堂裡的一間makeshift醫院。

It is not meant to last, and it is not meant to be beautiful; it is meant to get you through. As a noun, a makeshift is that stand-in itself.

It is not meant to last它不是設計來長久用的，and it is not meant to be beautiful也不是設計來好看的；it is meant to get you through它的目的是先幫你撐過去。As a noun, a makeshift is that stand-in itself當名詞用的時候，a makeshift指的就是那個替代品本身。

The word comes from an old phrase, make shift: to manage, to get by with what you have. First written down around 1554. Shift here is not a work shift; it is an old word for a way of managing.

The word comes from an old phrase, make shift這個字來自一個古老的片語make shift：to manage, to get by with what you have意思是設法應付、用手邊有的東西撐過去。First written down around 1554大約在1554年第一次被寫下來。Shift here is not a work shift這裡的shift不是『輪班』的shift；it is an old word for a way of managing它是一個古老的字，指一種應付、設法的方式。

The thing can be clever, but the word still says: this is temporary, and everyone knows it.

The thing can be clever這個東西本身可以做得很聰明，but the word still says但這個字還是在說：this is temporary, and everyone knows it這是暫時的，大家心知肚明。