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.
实用例句
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.
