step into the breach

基本解释

• 馳援；挺身而出；充儅臨時代理人；填補空缺；遞補防衛

同根派生

英汉例句

雙語例句

• This leaves central banks having to step into the breach, as they did last December when interbank rates exploded.
  這使得央行不得充儅“補位”的角色，這正如去年12月銀行拆現問題爆發時一樣。
• And even if China is shifting out of US Treasuries, it would not necessarily cause trouble in the market as long as other buyers step into the breach.
  況且，就算中國對美國國債避而遠之，衹要其它買家能夠補上缺口，就未必會給市場造成麻煩。
• The government’s hope has been that private firms will step into the breach as the public sector sheds jobs because of the harsh spending cuts it has announced.
  這是由於政府大量減少支出，削減工作崗位數量所致。 政府希望私營企業能夠填補這個缺口。

權威例句

• Yemen's student-led opposition says it is ready to step into the breach when Mr Saleh goes.
  ECONOMIST: But who will replace the president?
• If the Justice Department is compromised (and the Clinton one is), Congress should step into the breach.
  FORBES: Fact and Comment
• As the Administration appears incapable of resisting Pyongyang's stratagems, it behooves the Congress step into the breach.
  CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• If you step into the breach, you do someone else's work when they are unable to do it.