flout

verb

1. 公然藐视，无视（法律等）
   to show that you have no respect for a law, etc. by openly not obeying it
   1. Motorists regularly flout the law .
      驾车者经常无视法律。
   2. to flout authority/convention
      公然藐视权威 / 惯例

1. VERB 无视，藐视，轻视(法律等)
   If you flout something such as a law, an order, or an accepted way of behaving, you deliberately do not obey it or follow it.
   1. ...illegal campers who persist in flouting the law...
      一向对法律熟视无睹的非法露营者
   2. Building regulations have been habitually flouted.
      建筑法规一向都无人遵守。

1. Building regulations have been habitually flouted.
   建筑法规一向都无人遵守。
2. Timeshare companies also come in for a rap as they continue to flout the rules.
   各分时度假公司也受到了批评，因为他们一直违反相关规则。
3. The Web is famous for all the pages that flout HTML and XHTML standards, and this has been the cause of many widely discussed problems.
   Web以蔑视HTML和XHTML标准的网页而出名，这也是造成很多受到广泛关注的问题的缘由。
4. I have taken courses from a few Nobel prize winners and the common observation about brilliant people is that they do not flout their intelligence.
   我学过关于一些诺贝尔奖得主的课程，普遍研究之后，发现那些伟人都会很好地运用自己的智慧。
5. In doing so, it will help convince the rest of the international community to strengthen nonproliferation controls and tighten the screws on states that flout that their nonproliferation commitments.
   这样做也将有助于说服国际社会其他成员加强不扩散控制，对那些无视其不扩散承诺的国家给与更有力的钳制。
6. Because of these efforts, the international community is more united and nations that attempt to flout their obligations are more isolated. Of course, that includes North Korea.
   由于这些努力，国际社会更为团结一致，试图无视自身义务的国家更为孤立，其中当然包括北韩。
7. If we wont enforce accountability in the face of this heinous act, what does it say about our resolve to stand up to others who flout fundamental international rules?
   面对这种罪大恶极的行为，如果我们不采取负责任的强制措施，我们还有没有决心抗击蔑视基本国际准则的人？
8. Another may have been a cultural propensity for ignoring rules: when faced with Nazi orders to hand the Jews over, many Italians simply found creative ways to flout them.
   另一个原因可能在于意大利有一种无视规定的文化倾向：面对纳粹要求交出犹太人的命令，很多意大利人找到了创造性的方法来违抗这些命令。
9. Countries flout the rules as long as they do not perceive them as national imperatives.
   只要各国不将这些规定视为国家重点，它们就会藐视这些规定。
10. We cannot flout the rules of good society.
    我们不能嘲笑上流社会的规则。
11. No one can flout the law with impunity.
    任何人都不能不受惩罚地藐视法律。
12. About 10,000 cameras and other monitoring devices have been installed to catch drivers who flout the odd-even number-plate restrictions.
    北京已安装大约1万台摄像机以及其它监控设备，以抓获违反单双号限行规定的驾驶员。
13. And we must make sure that settlements do not flout the UN Convention against Corruption – the first and only global instrument designed to prevent and combat corruption.
    我们还必须确保，和解协议不会触犯联合国的《反腐败公约》&国际上第一部、也是唯一一部旨在防范和打击腐败的法规。
14. By flaunting their clothes and outrageous hair-styles, young people flout the authority of their elders.
    年轻人借着夸耀自己的衣着和怪异的发型，无视长辈们的权威。
15. City professionals said the practical impact would depend on how quickly and strictly national regulators get down to the task and whether they exercise their new power to impose financial penalties on banks that flout bonus rules.
    金融城专业人士表示，实际影响将取决于各国监管机构多快和多严格地执行这项任务，以及他们是否会行使自己的新权力，对无视奖金法规的银行处以财务惩罚。
16. Our rulers know now that we're prepared to flout their laws if forced.
    我们的统治者现在知道，要是强制推行他们的法律，我们已准备好不予理会。
17. Many motorcyclists flout the law by not wearing helmets.
    （许多机车骑士故意不戴安全帽表示藐视法令。）
18. China's top family planning body has warned of a "population rebound" as couples flout one child policy rules.
    中国最高计划生育机构已经警告，随着夫妇藐视”只生一个“的计划。将出现”人口反弹。
19. Huge obstacles remain, not just regional saboteurs but also an American Congress still reluctant though a shade less so than before to flout Israel's wishes.
    大的障碍不仅仅来自地区搞破坏者同样来自于美国国会，国会仍然不愿意忽视以色列的意愿，尽管这种意见比以前已经所有缓和。
20. Flout the law, convention, the rules
    藐视法律、传统、规则等
21. Tumor cells accumulate errors, become totally anarchic, and flout all the rules.
    肿瘤细胞随着错误的累积，变得完全异常，违反了所有的自然规则。
22. He often flout at religion.
    他常“嘲笑”宗教。
23. No one can flout the rules and get away with it.
    谁也不能违反规则而不被处分。
24. They warned that if the Security Council bypassed their nominees, they would flout precedent and take the fight to the floor of the general assembly, which must formally approve the council's recommendation.
    他们警告说，如安理会对他们的候选人提名不予考虑，他们将打破常规把问题提交联合国大会讨论，由它正式认可安理会的建议。
25. Their increased power, and the proposed separation of regulation and enforcement from policymaking, is designed to make it harder for provincial Communist leaders to flout the will of the centre.
    按照这一设想，其权力将有所上升，加之拟议中监管和执行与决策相分离，这将使得各省领导人更难以漠视中央意愿。
26. Some think South Africa should consider forcibly confining unco-operative patients carrying the nastiest germs, however much that would flout individual liberty.
    对待那些携带顽固病菌却又不肯就医的患者，有人认为南非政府应当采取强制手段，就算严重地侵犯了个人自由也顾不得了。
27. The airlines two from India and eight from China could face fines unless they respond to requests to provide the data by the middle of June, and potentially a ban from flying to the bloc if they continue to flout its rules.
    这些航空公司（印度2家，中国8家）如果不理睬在6月中旬之前提供数据的请求，就可能被罚款，如果继续藐视规定，可能被禁止执行欧盟航班。
28. Be prepared to flout convention.
    作好心理准备别把传统习俗放在眼里。
29. But you must flout my insufficiency?
    可是你一定要这么侮辱我的缺陷吗？
30. Yet people flout them more than any other laws of the land.
    然而，人们最蔑视的法律就是交通法规。

  defy disobey flout【导航词义：违抗】

  defy v. 违抗

〔辨析〕指违抗法律或规则，也可以指拒不服从有权威者。

  disobey v. 不服从，违反

〔辨析〕指不服从上级命令或不遵守法律、规定等。

  flout v. 公然藐视，违抗

〔辨析〕指公然违抗法律、规定、纪律等。

verb

1. treat with contemptuous disregard
   1. flout the rules

   Synonym:    scoff

2. laugh at with contempt and derision
   1. The crowd jeered at the speaker

   Synonym:    jeerscoffbarrackgibe