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单词 flout
释义
flout
verb[T]
uk
/flaʊt/us
/flaʊt/
tointentionallynotobeyarule,law, orcustom:
公然藐视，无视，违背（规定、法律或习俗）
Manymotorcyclistsflout thelawby notwearinghelmets.许多骑摩托车的人无视法律，不戴头盔。
Theorchestradecidedto floutconvention/tradition, andweartheireverydayclothesfor theconcert.管弦乐队决定一改传统，在音乐会上穿日常服装。
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(Definition offloutfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

flout| American Dictionary

flout
verb[T]
us
/flɑʊt/
tointentionallydisobeyaruleorlaw, or tointentionallyavoidbehaviorthat isusualorexpected:
Theythinkthey can flout thelawand get away with it.
Heconductedbusinessin hispajamasto floutconvention.
(Definition offloutfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofflout

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Her expectations of love and protection in her domestic life had been egregiously flouted.
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Institutions and individuals can subvert, ignore, orfloutthe best-intended laws.
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This assumption, though, is daily flouted in standard linguistic practice.
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First, conservatives attached civil rights to lawlessness by arguing that civil disobedience flouted laws and would inevitably lead to more lawless behavior.
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The only support from the state is their tax-exempt status and some dubious preferential policies, often flouted by state bureaux and public utilities.
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On the face of it, this also flouts transparency leaving a murky region of discretion.
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Indeed, so ingrained was this marital system that unconventional marriages-that is, marriages that flouted traditional expectations-stand out as especially obvious political statements.
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That question will normally come to consciousness only when the convention is flouted, as it occasionally is, facetiously.
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That would, however, have flouted the unsuitability principal.
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Many of these procedures involve value judgments, and some appear tofloutthe conventional canons for the conduct of cost-effectiveness analysis.
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When asked to pay the same, they requested the authorities to desist from flouting traditions.
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Why do candidatesfloutthe dictates of issue ownership?
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Throughout the 1920s, the bakery owners routinely flouted the contract's clauses and adamantly refused to accept the closed shop.
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In addition, the party and state had well-established rules, procedures and political organs that were not, at a national level, routinely flouted.
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It may be that in 1668-9 he did attempt more general restrictions on music that were extensively flouted and therefore became unenforceable.
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