flout
🇬🇧 UK/flaut/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2
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 Englishfloutother
=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.