音标:[flaʊts] ;
v. 藐视, 轻视( flout的第三人称单数 )
v treat with contemptuous disregard
v laugh at with contempt and derision

flout的用法和样例:

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
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