这两天外教LawrEnce 总是没精打采的,一问才知道是他离婚了,正在为孩子抚养权的事儿跟前妻打官司,但对方好像是钻了法律上的一个空子,使得 Lawrence 在谈判中处境很不利。
唉,这爱情里的对与错谁又能说得清呢~咱还是学好英语吧。今天就来说一说这个"钻空子"怎么用英语来表达,有一个核心词,就是"loophole"--"圈套里的洞",不就是漏洞或空子嘛,还是挺好记得吧~下面就来说几个跟"漏洞、空子"有关的表达吧!
loophole /ˈluːp.hoʊl/n. (协议或法律的)空子;漏洞;破绽
【En】A small mistake in an agreement or law that gives someone the chance to avoid having to do something. 协议或法律中上小错误,使某人有机会避免做某事。A small mistake in a law that makes it possible to avoid doing something that the law is supposed to make you do. 法律上的一个小错误,使你可以避免做法律应该让你做的事情。
• He was consistent in what he said, and there was no loophole.
他说话严密, 没有漏洞。
find a loophole 发现、找到漏洞
• Some lawyers spend their time simply finding loopholes in existing contracts.
一些律师把时间花在寻找现有合同中的漏洞上。
• The company employed lawyers to find loopholes in environmental protection laws.
该公司雇用律师来寻找环境保护法的漏洞。
• The agency agreement is make out with great care and we have find no loophole in it.
代理协议的制定很仔细,我们没有发现里面有什么漏洞。
use/exploit a loophole 钻空子,利用漏洞
• He exploited a legal loophole in order to avoid paying child support.
为逃避支付孩子的抚养费他钻了法律上的一个空子。
• Various ways of using this loophole are under current investigation.
目前正在对利用这一漏洞的各种方法进行调查。
• He uses his legal knowledge to exploit loopholes in the law.
他利用他的法律知识来钻法律的空子。
• You can be sure that any tax loopholes will be exploited.
你可以肯定任何税收漏洞都会被人利用。
• Other private placements are designed mainly for issuers, often to exploit tax loopholes.
其他私募主要是为发行人设计的,通常是为了利用税收漏洞。
close/plug a loophole 填补、堵住漏洞
(=change something so that there is no longer a loophole) (改变某事使之不再有漏洞)
• The president is eager to close tax loopholes for foreign companies.
总统急于填补外国公司的税收漏洞。
• The administration moved to close the legal loopholes exempting government education programs from the requirements of the Bill.
政府采取措施填补法律漏洞,使政府教育项目免受该法案的要求。
• Visa has recently closed a loophole that let AT&T put a telephone number on its Universal cards.
Visa最近堵住了AT&T在其通用卡上留下电话号码的漏洞。
• The new rules will close loopholes in British immigration law.
新规定将填补英国移民法的漏洞。
• A good first step would be to close the loophole in that conflict-of-interest clause.
良好的第一步将是填补利益冲突条款中的漏洞。
legal/tax loophole/a gaping loophole (=a very large loophole)法律/税收漏洞/巨大的漏洞
• Mr Clinton is also keen to close tax loopholes for foreign companies.
克林顿还热衷于填补外国公司的税收漏洞。
• The government lost billions because of a tax loophole.
由于税收漏洞,政府损失了数十亿美元。
• To crack down on tax loopholes.
打击税收漏洞。
• Airlines may be exploiting legal loopholes in order to employ pilots trained outside the US.
航空公司可能利用法律漏洞雇佣在美国以外接受过培训的飞行员。
• This legal loophole has proven lucrative for the farm giants.
事实证明,这一法律漏洞为农业巨头带来了丰厚的利润。
• Forbes was protesting a Clinton administration effort to close a Medicare tax loophole that benefits thousands of business partnerships.
福布斯抗议克林顿政府试图填补医疗保险的税收漏洞,该漏洞使成千上万的商业伙伴受益。
• The new law closed a number of legal loopholes.
新法律填补了一些法律漏洞。
• Republican lawmakers, in contrast, aim to raise only $ 18 billion by closing tax loopholes for business.
相比之下,共和党议员的目标是通过堵住企业的税收漏洞来筹集180亿美元。
• He pays very little tax because of some loophole in income tax legislation.
他付的税很少,因为所得税立法上有漏洞。
• There is a gaping loophole in the ban on arms sales to poor countries.
禁止向贫穷国家出售武器的禁令存在一个巨大的漏洞。
• A recently proposed federal ban on feeding animal protein to animals is encouraging, but has too many loopholes.
最近提出的一项禁止向动物喂食动物蛋白的联邦禁令令人鼓舞,但存在太多漏洞。
a loophole allows 漏洞允许
• Security loopholes allowed the terrorists to plant the bombs unnoticed.
安全漏洞使恐怖分子得以在不被察觉的情况下安置炸弹。
• The existing law is riddled with loopholes and anomalies.
现行的法律充满了漏洞和反常现象。
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