- 1權宜之計；暫時替代的辦法（或臨時頂替的人）
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. 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 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. 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.
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，摘錄並精簡格式，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.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。