我在做临时的秘书工作。I was doing temporary secretarial work.他在这儿的工作只是临时的。His job here is only temporary.新来的难民被安置在临时的集体寝室里。The latest refugees were housed in makeshift dormitories....

“临时的”的英语可以翻译为：temporary，extemporaneous，interim，provisional...