flout
flout 英 [flaʊt] 美 [flaʊt]
n. 嘲笑；轻视；愚弄 vt. 嘲笑；藐视；愚弄 vi. 嘲笑；表示轻蔑
进行时:flouting 过去式:flouted 过去分词:flouted 第三人称单数:flouts
- To flout is to scorn or show contempt for. "I flout the law and the concept of civilian safety by making a concerted effort to jaywalk every time I cross a street."
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- n. 嘲笑；轻视；愚弄
- vt. 嘲笑；藐视；愚弄
- vi. 嘲笑；表示轻蔑
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1. The problem is the regulations do not specify punishments for businesses or individuals who flout them.
问题在于这些条例并不对这些藐视它们的企业和个人明确惩罚。
- flout (v.) "treat with disdain or contempt" (transitive), 1550s, intransitive sense "mock, jeer, scoff" is from 1570s; of uncertain origin; perhaps a special use of Middle English flowten "to play the flute" (compare Middle Dutch fluyten "to play the flute," also "to jeer"). Related: Flouted; flouting.
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