音标:['stɒpgæp] ;
n. 权宜之计, 补缺者
a. 暂时的, 权宜的
n something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
词型变化:名词复数形式 : stopgaps
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stopgap的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The arrangement was only intended as a stopgap.这种安排不过是权宜之计而已。
  2. If you feel that you may lose the job if you delay, you can take it but think of it as a stopgap job.如果你感觉拖延会使你失去这份工作,作为权宜之计你可以先接受他。

经典引文

  • There were suddenly absentees on the staffsI was needed as a stopgap.

    出自:E. Blishen
  • The plan is a stop-gap measure to tide the company over.

    出自:Flight International
【近义词】

WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama has told U.S. congressional leaders to work out a stopgap deal that would prevent the U.S. economy from falling off the fiscal cliff of expiring tax cuts and mandatory government spending cuts. Obama's appearance be

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