[N-COUNT 可数名词](法律上的)漏洞,空子 A loophole in the law is a small mistake which allows people to do something that would otherwise be illegal.
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It is estimated that 60,000 shops open every Sunday and trade by exploiting some loophole in the law to avoid prosecution.
据估计,每逢周日开门营业的店铺有6万家,通过钻法律漏洞躲避检控。
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loop·hole/ˈluːphəʊl; NAmEˈluːphoʊl/nounloophole(in sth) a mistake in the way a law, contract, etc. has been written which enables people to legally avoid doing sth that the law, contract, etc. had intended them to do (法律、合同等的)漏洞,空子◆a legal loophole法律的漏洞◆to close existing loopholes堵住现有的漏洞loopholeloopholesloopholedloopholingloop·hole/ˈluːphəʊl; NAmEˈluːphoʊl/
a small mistake in a law that makes it possible to avoid doing something that the law is supposed to make you dolegal/tax loopholeloophole in a loophole in the lawCOLLOCATIONSverbsclose/plug a loophole (=change something so that there is no longer a loophole)· The president is eager to close tax loopholes for foreign companies.find a loophole· Some lawyers spend their time simply finding loopholes in existing contracts.use/exploit a loophole· Airlines may be exploiting legal loopholes in order to employ pilots trained outside the US.a loophole allows/enables something· Security loopholes allowed the terrorists to plant the bombs unnoticed.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + loopholea legal loophole· The new law closed a number of legal loopholes.a tax loophole· The government lost billions because of a tax loophole.a gaping loophole (=a very large loophole)· There is a gaping loophole in the ban on arms sales to poor countries.
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