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stopgap

英 ['stɒpgæp] 美 ['stɑpɡæp]

解释

adj. 权宜的；暂时的
n. 权宜之计；补缺者

※ 提供单词"stopgap"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

stopgap 权宜之计

stop,塞住，gap,空隙。引申比喻义权宜之计。

英文词源

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.

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例句和用法

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.