stopgap

英 [ˈstɒpɡæp]

美 [ˈstɑːpɡæp]

n.  权宜之计; 临时替代的东西

复数：stopgaps　

BNC.37892 / COCA.24295

牛津词典

noun

• 权宜之计；临时替代的东西
  something that you use or do for a short time while you are looking for sth better
  1. The arrangement was only intended as a stopgap.
     这种安排不过是权宜之计而已。
  2. a stopgap measure
     临时措施

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 权宜之计;临时替代物
  Astopgapis something that serves a purpose for a short time, but is replaced as soon as possible.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
  Synonym:makeshiftmake-do

双语例句

• The move by central banks on Thursday to provide extended U.S. dollar loans to European banks is only a stopgap measure.
  全球五大央行上周四联手向欧洲银行提供美元流动性，但这只是权宜之计。
• UNICEF spokeswoman, Veronique Taveau, says her agency has set up so-called child friendly spaces in the camps as a stopgap measure.
  儿童基金会发言人塔沃说，基金会在流离失所者居住的营地里设立了所谓的“儿童天地”，做为一种权宜之计。
• After her death the committee appointed her deputy as a stopgap.
  她死后，委员会指定其副手暂时补缺。
• So the IBRD plays a useful stopgap role.
  因此，ibrd在这方面发挥着有益的补缺作用。
• "People have to make compromises," says von Wachter, which often means taking a stopgap job with a less glamorous employer, and trying to switch careers or switch employers later on.
  冯•韦希特尔表示：“人们不得不做出妥协，”而这往往意味着在一家欠缺魅力的雇主那里，接受一份作为权宜之计的工作，并试图在今后转行或者跳槽。
• Legally take something in place of a debt payment. It was intended as a stopgap.
  合法的取得某物来代替债款。我们打算把它当作是临时的代替物。
• 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。
• Candles are a stopgap when the electricity fails.
  没有电的时候腊烛可作代用品。
• The helicopter carriers would act as a stopgap for aircraft carriers that the Chinese navy wanted to build, despite lacking the capability to do so.
  直升机航母将作为权宜为中国海军的航空母舰要盖，尽管缺乏能力这样做。
• These issues have no place in a stopgap spending bill a few minutes from midnight.
  这些问题在午夜前几分钟要达成的一项权宜之计的支出议案中没有什么位置。