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Something you use for now because you have nothing better, and you fully expect to replace it. The honesty is built into the word: calling your own solution a stopgap admits it is not good enough, only good enough for the moment.
Something you use for now現在先用的東西 because you have nothing better因為你沒有更好的選擇, and you fully expect to replace it而且你完全預期之後會換掉它. The honesty is built into the word誠實感就內建在這個字裡: calling your own solution a stopgap把自己的解法稱作stopgap admits it is not good enough等於承認它不夠好, only good enough for the moment只是暫時撐得過去而已.
It works as a noun ('this is just a stopgap') and, more often, in front of another noun ('a stopgap measure', 'a stopgap solution', 'a stopgap government', 'stopgap funding'). It can also describe a person — a teacher covering a class until the real one arrives, a player signed for one season.
It works as a noun這個字可以當名詞 ('this is just a stopgap''this is just a stopgap'這只是暫時的替代辦法) and, more often但更常, in front of another noun放在另一個名詞前面 ('a stopgap measure''a stopgap measure'權宜措施, 'a stopgap solution''a stopgap solution'權宜解法, 'a stopgap government''a stopgap government'看守政府, 'stopgap funding''stopgap funding'臨時撥款). It can also describe a person它也可以用來形容人——a teacher covering a class until the real one arrives像代課到正式老師來為止的老師, a player signed for one season或簽來頂一季的球員.
It feels neutral-to-slightly-negative and a little formal; you meet it in news reports and at work more than among friends, where people say 'for now' or 'a quick fix'. Written both as one word and as stop-gap; one word is more common now.
It feels neutral-to-slightly-negative and a little formal這個字語感偏中性到有點負面，也有點正式; you meet it in news reports and at work more than among friends你在新聞報導和職場上會遇到，朋友之間比較少用, where people say朋友之間人們會說 'for now''for now' or 或 'a quick fix''a quick fix'. Written both as one word and as stop-gap這個字可以寫成一個字，也可以寫成stop-gap; one word is more common now現在寫成一個字比較常見.
A quick fix and a stopgap overlap, but a quick fix suggests it was done , while a stopgap can be careful work that is simply meant to be temporary.
A quick fix and a stopgapA quick fix和a stopgap overlap意思有重疊, but a quick fix suggests it was done carelessly但a quick fix暗示做得草率, while a stopgap can be careful work而a stopgap可以是做得很仔細的工作 that is simply meant to be temporary只是本來就打算是暫時的.
組成stop + gap, from the old phrase 'to stop a gap' — to plug a hole in a wall or a hedge so nothing gets through until you can repair it properly. The noun came first; the use before other nouns and the rare verb both came from the noun.
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
stopgapnoun/ˈstɒpɡæp/
- 1
rareThat which stops up or fills a gap or hole.
- [A] bit of ink and paper which has long been an innocent wrapping or stop-gap may at last be laid open under the one pair of eyes which have knowledge enough to turn it into the opening of a catastrophe.
- 2
Something spoken to fill up an uncomfortable pause in speech; a filled pause or filler.
- 3
A short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained; that which serves as an expedient in an emergency; a band-aid solution.
- The small company used their old product with a few kludged enhancements as a stopgap until they could develop a new product.
- Perhaps I shall be told that this wintry exhibition is a mere stopgap and makeshift, until a fresh supply of bright new paintings can be procured, and that it is ultra vires to obtain such for love or money before the merry month of May.
- 4
A short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained; that which serves as an expedient in an emergency; a band-aid solution.
- As witness the following. Mr Strudwick, the regular master of the form, happened on one occasion to be away for a couple of days, and a stop-gap was put in in his place. The name of the stop-gap was Mr Somerville Smith. He and Farnie exchanged an unspoken declaration of war almost immediately.
stopgapadj/ˈstɒpɡæp/
- 1
Short-term; temporary.
- They put a stopgap solution in place, but need something more permanent.
- 2
Filling a gap or pause.
stopgapverb/ˈstɒpɡæp/
- 1
To stop up or fill (a physical gap or hole, or a hiatus).
- 2
To use something as a short-term fix or temporary measure until a better alternative can be obtained.
- 3
To use something as a short-term fix or temporary measure until a better alternative can be obtained.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。