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loophole

/loop-hohl/US // ˈlupˌhoʊl //UK // (ˈluːpˌhəʊl) //

漏洞,窟窿,隙

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a means of escape or evasion; a means or opportunity of evading a rule, law, etc.: There are a number of loopholes in the tax laws whereby corporations can save money.
    • : a small or narrow opening, as in a wall, for looking through, for admitting light and air, or, particularly in a fortification, for the discharge of missiles against an enemy outside.
    • : an opening or aperture.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    loop·holed, loop·hol·ing.

    • : to furnish with loopholes.

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Examples

  • At the time of the law’s passage, net-neutrality advocates were deeply concerned that loopholes would allow operators to get away with practices that prioritize some traffic over other traffic, for commercial rather than technical reasons.

  • The government also was slow to plug a loophole that had allowed over 200,000 people to enter Hong Kong without undergoing quarantine—an exception experts say is responsible for starting the third onslaught of the virus.

  • Hall and his colleagues plan to address this regulatory loophole and come up with recommendations during a new round of workshops that will start next spring.

  • MediaTek’s fortunes changed dramatically with Monday’s order, which essentially closed the loophole that MediaTek fit so nicely into.

  • Zero-rating, by the way, is a sort of loophole that allows internet providers to designate certain websites as counting for zero toward a customer’s data usage.

  • But, they added, that body scanners are absent at local airports, which they called “this large loophole.”

  • Would it surprise you to learn there is a loophole in federal disclosure requirements?

  • Critics say the loophole leads for-profit schools to aggressively target veterans to draw additional federal funding.

  • Efforts to close the loophole have failed in Washington, but have gained momentum in the states.

  • Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) acknowledged the loophole, but insisted the bill should nevertheless move forward.

  • No moon, no stars; only a red flash on the ground where the light streamed from a loophole in the great hall.

  • A narrow loophole barely filtered through a pale ray of light into that semi-Stygian darkness.

  • All at once he remembered his promise, and a cunning loophole dawned in his foggy brain.

  • If we got that, and widened a loophole, and shoved it through, it would look just like the muzzle of a cannon in the dark.'

  • They seem to belong to that commencement of terrible life which the dreamer sees confusedly through the loophole of the night.