- 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.
flout / flaʊt ; NAmE flaʊt / verb floutsth to show that you have no respect for a law, etc. by openly not obeying it 公然藐视，无视（法律等） SYN defy ◆ Motorists regularly flout the law. 驾车者经常无视法律。 ◆ to flout authority/convention 公然藐视权威╱惯例 flout flouts flouted flouting flout / flaʊt ; NAmE flaʊt /
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