stopgap
发音
英 [ˈstɒpgæp]
美 [ˈstɑpgæp]
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- n.
- 临时替代者,临时应急措施
单词词源
stopgap 权宜之计
stop,塞住,gap,空隙。引申比喻义权宜之计。
双语例句
- 1. But today 's stopgap is not enough .
- 但今天这项权宜之计并不足够。
- 2. 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。
- 3. This cliffhanger is the culmination of months of fiscal bickering , punctuated by stopgap continuing resolutions .
- 这一悬念标志着数月以来关于财政的争吵,在“延续性决议”这一权宜之计的推波助澜下达到顶峰。
- 4. A more fundamental concern is that , even extended to larger companies , credit guarantees will prove no more than a stopgap .
- 一个更为根本的担忧在于,即使为大型公司提供帮助,信贷担保将证明不过是一个权宜之计。
- 5. For many young people , free online classified services such as craigslist are facilitating the search for stopgap jobs .
- 很多年轻人都在像craigslist这样的网上找一些零活作为权宜之计。