- loophole (in something)
a mistake in the way a law, contract, etc. has been written that enables people to legally avoid doing something that the law, contract, etc. had intended them to do (法律、合同等的)漏洞,空子 a legal/tax loophole 法律/税收漏洞 a law designed to close any loopholes in tax 为填补税收漏洞的法律
Extra ExamplesPeople who don't want to pay tax will exploit any loophole. 不想纳税的人总是千方百计地钻空子。 a loophole enabling workers to take unnecessary sick leave 使工人可以在不必要的情况下休病假的漏洞 a loophole in the regulations 规章制度中的漏洞 the gaping loopholes in our gun laws 我国枪支法律中的巨大漏洞
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- legal
- security
- tax
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- create
- open
- find
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- allow somebody/something
- enable somebody/something
- let somebody/something
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- loophole in
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting an arrow slit): from obsolete loop ‘embrasure’ + hole.