单词 | make-do |
释义 | make-do (once / 909178 pages) n WORD FAMILY make-do USAGE EXAMPLESFor those who would, a spirit of make-do reigns. New York Times(Nov 23, 2016) And yet, plead the report’s authors, Tory make-do and muddle-through, which has served the physical and constitutional architecture of Britain’s democracy pretty well, won’t work. Economist(Jul 16, 2015) In 2003, during Rendell’s freshman fight for more public school aid, the former Philadelphia mayor approved GOP lawmakers’ make-do budget bill. Washington Times(May 30, 2015) n something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency Syn|Hyper makeshift, stopgap expedient a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one |
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