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Meaning of 钻空子

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钻 zuān 空 kòng 子 zi (Trad.: 鑽空子)
lit. to drill a hole; to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
Example Sentences
1
而与此同时
,
激进分子正在钻空子
。
And meanwhile, the militants are taking full advantage.
2
第二
,
新的资本准则必须让银行很难钻空子
。
Second, the new capital regime must be harder to game.
3
现在需要的是让逃税者无法在国家之间钻空子的国际协议
。
What is needed is another round of international agreements so they cannot play one government off against another.
4
此种迅速扩张使政府机构忙于应付
,
使无良商人在所有可能的角落钻空子
。
Such rapid expansion has left the institutions of government scrabbling to keep up, opening space for unscrupulous businessmen to cut every imaginable corner.
5
但多数人担心雇主会拒绝这些义务
,
而中国的松懈的监管系统会让他们钻空子
。
But most workers fear employers would renege on these obligations, and that China's shoddy regulatory system would let them get away with it.