stopgap
英 [ˈstɒp.ɡæp]
美 [ˈstɑːp.ɡæp]
- adj. 权宜的；暂时的
- n. 权宜之计；补缺者
中文词源
stopgap 权宜之计
stop,塞住，gap,空隙。引申比喻义权宜之计。
英语词源
- stopgap (n.)
- also stop-gap, 1680s, from stop (v.) + gap (n.); the notion probably being of something that plugs a leak, but it may be in part from gap (n.) in a specific military sense "opening or breach in defenses by which attack may be made (1540s). Also as an adjective from 1680s.
权威例句
- 1. The arrangement was only intended as a stopgap.
- 这种安排不过是权宜之计而已。
- 2. Candles are a stopgap when the electricity fails.
- 没有电的时候腊烛可作代用品.
- 3. Even if the bill were approved, it would be no more than a stopgap measure.
- 即使议案获得批准，它也只不过是个临时措施。
- 4. Gone are the days when work was just a stopgap between leaving school and getting married.
- 工作曾经只是毕业和结婚之间的临时过渡，但这样的日子已经一去不复返了。
- 5. I intend it as a stopgap.
- 我想拿它凑数.