loophole: 漏洞；空子
[ 2006-04-12 09:02 ]
商務(wù)部近日決定，國家今年將建立外貿(mào)“黑名單”制度，以整飭對外貿(mào)易秩序。本周二，《低開出口發(fā)票行為處罰暫行辦法》將開始實(shí)施，政府部門將依法對“有低開出口發(fā)票行為”的對外貿(mào)易經(jīng)營者進(jìn)行處罰。據(jù)介紹，由于一些國家海關(guān)制度尚不完善、管理層面存在漏洞，所以，低開出口發(fā)票問題在國際貿(mào)易中比較普遍。一些中國企業(yè)在向這些國家出口商品時(shí)，往往會(huì)應(yīng)不法進(jìn)口商的要求提供票面價(jià)格低于實(shí)際出口報(bào)關(guān)價(jià)格的發(fā)票，以幫進(jìn)口商達(dá)到逃漏進(jìn)口稅的目的。
As of Tuesday, a temporary method, aiming to penalize domestic exporters who
issue self-made invoices with a face value less than their actual export volume,
will be put into effect.
"Such transgression has been a long-standing issue in
China as management loopholes
always exist in the customs system of some countries, which invited
their own importers to rack their brains to evade import duties," said Lu
Jianhua, director of the Foreign Trade Department.
報(bào)道中的loophole就是我們常說的“漏洞；空子”，loophole原指“墻上的小洞或小縫”，尤指“窺孔” 或“槍眼”（通過這個(gè)小洞可以進(jìn)行射擊）。
現(xiàn)在人們常用loophole的引申意：a way of escaping a difficulty, especially: an omission or
ambiguity in the wording of a contract or law that provides a means of evading
compliance（逃避困難的一個(gè)辦法，尤指人們“因合同或法律詞句中的疏漏或含糊不清”而找到的一種不遵守合約的方法）。舉兩個(gè)例子：
Through an arrow loophole he commanded a view upon the farther
side.（他從一個(gè)箭洞里可以觀察到那邊的動(dòng)靜。）
People who can afford to hire shrewd lawyers often find legal loopholes
enabling them to escape most
taxes.（那些雇得起精明律師的人往往能找到法律上的漏洞，從而使他們逃避大部分稅款。）
(中國日報(bào)網(wǎng)站編譯）
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