Loophole

(noun.) a small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons.

(noun.) an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation.

编辑:默里

• The girl, standing pale and rigid against the farther wall, sought with ever-increasing terror for some loophole of escape. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Do you not see some loophole, some flaw? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Indeed, through this very loophole of character, the reality, depth, genuineness of that refinement may be ascertained. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• All sacrifice was barred to the faithful; no loophole was left for the sacrificial priest of the old dispensation to come back into the new faith. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A loophole window was pierced in each of its side walls. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• In the dormitories I observed loopholes at certain distances all along just under the ceiling, which I thought judiciously placed for change of air. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.

校对:玛克辛