stopgap

stop·gap

S0780600 (stŏp′găp′)n. An improvised substitute for something lacking; a temporary expedient.adj. Serving as a stopgap: a stopgap budget bill to keep the government running.

stopgap

(ˈstɒpˌɡæp) na. a temporary substitute for something elseb. (as modifier): a stopgap programme.

stop•gap

(ˈstɒpˌgæp)

n. 1. something that fills the place of something else that is lacking; temporary substitute; makeshift. adj. 2. serving as a stopgap: a stopgap solution. [1525–35]

Thesaurus

Noun

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stopgap - something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergencymake-do, makeshiftexpedient - a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one

stopgap

noun1. makeshift, improvisation, temporary expedient, shift, resort, substitute It is not an acceptable long term solution, just a stopgap.adjective1. makeshift, emergency, temporary, provisional, improvised, impromptu, rough-and-ready It was only ever intended as a stopgap solution.

stopgap

nounSomething used temporarily or reluctantly when other means are not available:expediency, expedient, makeshift, shift.

Translations

临时代替者或代用品

stop

(stop) – past tense, past participle stopped – verb1. to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc. He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus. 停止 停止2. to prevent from doing something. We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time. 阻止 阻止3. to discontinue or cease eg doing something. That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining. 停 停4. to block or close. He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him. 堵塞 堵塞5. to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note. (音樂)按(孔)、按(弦)以改變音調 （音乐）按（孔）、按（弦）以改变音调 6. to stay. Will you be stopping long at the hotel? 停留 停留 noun1. an act of stopping or state of being stopped. We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day. 暫停(談話或工作，以稍作休息)，(旅途中)停下來休息 停留，逗留 2. a place for eg a bus to stop. a bus stop. 停靠站(大眾交通工具) 停车站3. in punctuation, a full stop. Put a stop at the end of the sentence. 句號 句号4. a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ. (管樂器的)指孔 （管风琴的）音栓，音节栓 5. a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position. a door-stop. 止動塊 阻塞物，挡块 ˈstoppage (-pidʒ) noun (an) act of stopping or state or process of being stopped. The building was at last completed after many delays and stoppages. 停止，中止 停止，中止 ˈstopper noun an object, eg a cork, that is put into the neck of a bottle, jar, hole etc to close it. 塞子 塞子ˈstopping noun a filling in a tooth. One of my stoppings has come out. (補牙用)填料 （补牙用）填料 ˈstopcock noun a tap and valve for controlling flow of liquid through a pipe. 管閂 管闩ˈstopgap noun a person or thing that fills a gap in an emergency. He was made headmaster as a stopgap till a new man could be appointed; (also adjective) stopgap arrangements. 臨時代替者或代用品 临时代替者或代用品ˈstopwatch noun a watch with a hand that can be stopped and started, used in timing a race etc. 碼錶 秒表，跑表 put a stop to to prevent from continuing. We must put a stop to this waste. 制止 制止stop at nothing to be willing to do anything, however dishonest etc, in order to get something. He'll stop at nothing to get what he wants. 竭盡所能達到目的 无所不为，不择手段 stop dead to stop completely. I stopped dead when I saw him. 完全停住（靜止） 突然停住stop off to make a halt on a journey etc. We stopped off at Edinburgh to see the castle. 中途停留 中途停留stop over to make a stay of a night or more: We're planning to stop over in Amsterdam ( noun ˈstop-over) 留宿 留宿stop up to block. Some rubbish got into the drain and stopped it up. 堵塞 堵塞