jerry-built + noun
常用于描述建筑或结构。
They bought a jerry-built house.
他们买了一栋偷工减料的房子。
偷工减料的；粗制滥造的
建造得便宜且粗糙的
built cheaply and badly, using poor materials and workmanship
建造得便宜且粗糙的
Built cheaply and shoddily.
They returned the jerry-built toy because it fell apart after only two days.
他们退掉了那个偷工减料的玩具，因为才两天它就散架了。
用法提示：形容词 jerry-built 修饰 toy，表示做工低劣、容易损坏。
The jerry-built shelves could not hold even a few books.
那些偷工减料的架子连几本书都承受不住。
用法提示：jerry-built 作定语修饰 shelves，说明质量差、不结实。
Our landlord refused to fix the jerry-built window frames.
房东拒绝修理那些偷工减料的窗框。
用法提示：jerry-built 形容 window frames，指制作粗糙、用料低劣。
常用于描述建筑或结构。
They bought a jerry-built house.
他们买了一栋偷工减料的房子。
The apartment complex is jerry-built.
这个公寓楼是偷工减料的。
grammar · medium
易错句子They live in a jerry built house.
正确表达They live in a jerry-built house.
“jerry-built”是复合形容词，必须用连字符连接两部分，否则会被误解为动词短语。
grammar · medium
易错句子The building is jerry-rigged and unsafe.
正确表达The building is jerry-built and unsafe.
“jerry-rigged”指临时凑合但不一定质量差，而“jerry-built”特指偷工减料、质量低劣，应使用正确的词义。
shoddy 侧重材料劣质，jerry-built 侧重工艺粗糙或偷工减料。
flimsy 强调结构薄弱不牢固，jerry-built 强调施工偷工减料导致质量问题。
makeshift 指临时凑合的替代品，jerry-built 指永久性建筑偷工减料。
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