jerry-built

美 [ˈdʒeri bɪlt]英 [ˈdʒeri bɪlt]
  • n.粗制滥造的;草率建成的
  • v.偷工减料
  • jerry-build的过去分词和过去式
jerry-builtjerry-built

noun

old-fashioned disapproving草率建成的;粗制滥造的
built quickly and cheaply without caring about quality or safety

jerry-built

频次

  • 1
    ADJ-GRADED 草率建成的;粗制滥造的
    If you describe houses or blocks of flats as jerry-built, you are critical of the fact that they have been built very quickly and cheaply, without much care for safety or quality.

    ...jerry-built equipment...

    偷工减料的设备

adj

1
of inferior workmanship and materials
mean little jerry-built houses
Synonym: shoddy

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  1. The place is a bit jerry-built .

    这地方建造得有些不牢靠。

  2. Then the depression had thrown almost everybody out of work and the jerry-built houses had been neglected , and as rudolph 's mother complained , the entire town had become a single slum .

    接着,经济萧条差不多使所有的人都失了业,那些偷工减料盖成的房子也都无人照料;正如鲁道的母亲所抱怨的那样,整个市镇简直成了一个贫民窟。

  3. And I hope there will be no jerry-built constructions at the end .

    而我希望最后不要搞个什么豆腐渣工程就好了。

  4. Forms the sharp contrast with this is the State Theater and such the luxurious project and the jerry-built projects

    与此形成鲜明对比的是国家大剧院等奢侈工程和豆腐渣工程

  5. Because as the world 's populations converge on cities , the least fortunate pack into jerry-built shantytowns .

    因为世界人口都聚集于城市之中,最穷的那批人会住进偷工减料建造的棚户区当中。