make do“将就使用;勉强凑合"。相当于make the old thing do。有人认为这个成语源于海军。每逢休息时，大家都缝补衣服，因而有了成语make do and mend(修补旧的东西将就过去，尽量利用原来的东西)。

to manage to live without things that you would like to have or with things of a worse quality than you would like

在条件不太好，或者不如你想要的那么好的条件下生活;凑合、将就

We didn't have cupboards so we made do with boxes.

我们没有橱柜，只好将就用箱子了。