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。