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.
雙語例句
1. The arrangement was only intended as a stopgap.
這種安排不過是權宜之計而已。
來自《權威詞典》
2. Candles are a stopgap when the electricity fails.
沒有電的時候臘燭可作代用品.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Even if the bill were approved, it would be no more than a stopgap measure.
即使議案獲得批準，它也只不過是個臨時措施。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Gone are the days when work was just a stopgap between leaving school and getting married.