flout

🇬🇧 UK/flaut/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To openly disregard or show contempt for a rule, law, or convention.

藐视,无视(规则或法律)

n.

An act of flouting; a mockery or insult.

嘲弄,蔑视

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
floutother
=flout

Common Collocations

  • 1.flout the law违抗法律
  • 2.flout rules无视规则

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The activist chose to flout the unjust laws and face the consequences.

  • 2.

    Drivers who flout traffic rules endanger themselves and others.

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