stop a gap

At 17 he turned into a straight shooter and used pills only as a stop gap.

他17岁就成了注射毒品的瘾君子.服药丸只是暂时行为.

President Obama made an unannounced stop at a Gap store in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday to buy some clothes for his wife and daughters and make a pitch for increasing the minimum wage.

这周二，美国总统奥巴马意外现身纽约曼哈顿中心的Gap商店，为妻女选购衣物，并借机呼吁商家增加员工最低工资。

That can only be a stop-gap.

这只能是一种权宜之计.

And successful stop-gap measures , notably a car-scrapping scheme and subsidized short-term work contracts, end this year.

目前取得成功的短期举措, 例如汽车以旧换新项目以及补贴 短期 工作合约, 都将于今年结束.

Wooden Castle serves as a basic strongpoint but it should not be thought of as a long-term defence, rather as a stop-gap until more funds are available for an imposing stone bastion.

木堡是基本城堡防御设施，但仍然无法抵御长期进攻，只能视之为临时堡垒，需进一步加固为石制城堡方可大用。