loophole
英 [ˈluːp.həʊl]
美 [ˈluːp.hoʊl]
将“loophole”分解为两个部分:“loop”和“hole”。想象一个洞(hole)在某个不规则或复杂的东西里,比如一堵墙(loop,形似环形),这个洞(hole)提供了一个秘密的通道或漏洞(loophole),可以让人们绕过规则或法律。通过这个图像,你可以记住“loophole”意味着法律或规则的漏洞。
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loophole 观察孔,漏洞原指墙上的小洞,后用于比喻义漏洞。
- loophole (n.)
- also loop-hole, mid-15c., from Middle English loupe "opening in a wall" for shooting through or admitting light (c. 1300), perhaps related to Middle Dutch lupen "to watch, peer;" + hole (n.). Figurative sense of "outlet, means of escape" is from 1660s.
- 1. He was consistent in what he said, and there was no loophole.
- 他说话严密, 没有漏洞.
- 2. 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。
- 3. The head of Job Anderson , the boatswain, appeared at the middle loophole.
- 水手长 乔伯 -安德森的脑袋出现在了中间那个枪眼里.
- 4. I turned to the loophole nearest me and looked out.
- 我走到离我最近的一个枪眼向外望去.
- 5. He saw no solution of anything -- not a loophole left.
- 他想不出有什么 出路 --连一条缝隙也没有.