stopgap

• adj. 权宜的；暂时的
• n. 权宜之计；补缺者

stop,塞住，gap,空隙。引申比喻义权宜之计。

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.

1. The arrangement was only intended as a stopgap.

这种安排不过是权宜之计而已。

来自《权威词典》

2. Candles are a stopgap when the electricity fails.

没有电的时候腊烛可作代用品.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

5. I intend it as a stopgap.

我想拿它凑数.

来自辞典例句