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 Examples- People 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 Dictionaryadjectiveverb + loopholeloophole + verb- allow somebody/something
- enable somebody/something
- let somebody/something
- …
prepositionSee full entry Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting an arrow slit): from obsolete loop ‘embrasure’ + hole.