stopgap
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++stop·gap /ˈstɒpɡæp $ ˈstɑːp-/ noun [countable] TEMPORARYsomething or someone that you use for a short time until you can replace them with something better 权宜之计；临时替代的物[人] It’s only a stopgap measure, not a long-term solution. 那只是权宜之计，不是长期的解决方案。
Examples from the Corpus
stopgap• It is not a stopgap but a proper part of the cinematic arts.• But Legacy was more of a stopgap than a serious WordStar product, a tester, you might say.• The first house we bought was only a stopgap, until we could afford something we really liked.• The Senate has passed a stopgap funding measure.• They find themselves indulging in crisis management and employing stopgap solutions and holding operations.• This move proved a mere stopgap until the appearance of the last pre-republican premier, the moderate conservative Shahpur Bakhtiar.• Retaining employees means less time and money wasted on recruiting and training temporary stopgaps.• For quite some time many people will find a job to be a workable stopgap solution to the need for an income.stopgap measure• With the tens of thousands of people pouring in each year, every-thing was a stopgap measure.• Educational grants and salary boosts could certainly help the careers of some nurses, but these are stopgap measures.stop·gap nounChineseSyllable
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stopgap
stop‧gap /ˈstɒpɡæp $ ˈstɑːp-/
noun [countable]
something or someone that you use for a short time until you can replace them with something better:
It’s only a stopgap measure, not a long-term solution.
▪ temporary continuing for only a limited period of time: I’ve got a temporary office job, but I hope I’ll find something more permanent soon. | I’m sure the problem is only temporary. | temporary staff | a temporary visa
▪provisional temporary – used especially about arrangements or information that people may decide to change in the future. Also used about licences or governments which are only arranged to last for a short time: Does the hotel accept provisional bookings? | They have set a provisional date for the next meeting. | a provisional driving licence | In June, the rebels claimed to have formed a provisional government. | Provisional figures yesterday from the Department of Transport showed that 4,274 people were killed last year — 6 percent fewer than the previous year.
▪stopgap [only before noun] temporary – used about something that you use for a short time until you can replace it with something better: The Republicans will approve the one-month budget as a stopgap measure to keep the state operating. | This is only a stopgap solution to the country’s debt problem.
▪passing [only before noun] temporary – used about an interest, thought, or feeling that is short and not very serious: Tonight’s game will be exciting, even to those with only a passing interest in the sport. | As a student, I didn’t give working in finance even a passing thought.
▪ephemeral formal existing or popular for only a short time: the ephemeral beauty of white snow on green trees and bare branches | Many new words, particularly slang, are fleeting and ephemeral.
▪transient formal continuing for only a limited time, or staying somewhere for only a short time – used especially to say that something is always changing, or people only stay somewhere for a short time: the transient nature of life | transient changes in the electrical properties of the neurons | Arizona has a highly transient population.
stop‧gap /ˈstɒpɡæp $ ˈstɑːp-/
noun [countable]something or someone that you use for a short time until you can replace them with something better:
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