flout

英 [flaʊt] 美 [flaʊt]

• v. 藐视；轻视；嘲笑
• n. 嘲弄；轻视

英英释义

Verb:

1. treat with contemptuous disregard;

   "flout the rules"
   

2. laugh at with contempt and derision;

   "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. No one can flout the law with impunity.
   任何人都不能不受惩罚地藐视法律。
2. They flouted all our offers of help and friendship.
   他们对我们愿意提供的所有帮助和友谊表示藐视。
3. The foolish boy flout his mother's advice.
   这个愚蠢的孩子轻视他母亲的劝告。

经典引文

• Ah, you may flout and turn up your faces.

  出自： Browning

• Locke..had expressly flouted (or rather..denounced) poetry as idle and pernicious.

  出自： G. Saintsbury

• Those who live loosely and flout the laws.

  出自： R. Macaulay

• If one is flouting the generally accepted rules of behaviour one must exercise discretion.

  出自： M. Frayn

近反义词

【近义词】

• insult 侮辱
• mock 嘲弄
• sneer 冷笑
• ridicule 嘲笑
• jeer 嘲弄
• taunt 辱骂
• disobey 违反
• scorn 轻蔑
• scoff 嘲笑
• sarcasm 挖苦
• break 打碎
• ignore 忽视
• defy 藐视
• contravene 违反
• spurn 轻蔑地拒绝
• gibe 嘲笑
• barrack 兵舍