flouting
present participle offlout
| 单词 | flouting |
| 释义 | flouting present participle offlout flout verb[T] uk/flaʊt/us/flaʊt/tointentionallynotobeyarule,law, orcustom: Manymotorcyclistsflout thelawby notwearinghelmets. Theorchestradecidedto floutconvention/tradition, andweartheireverydayclothesfor theconcert. Obeying & breaking the law
Examplesoffloutingflouting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. When asked to pay the same, they requested the authorities to desist fromfloutingtraditions. From theCambridge English Corpus It involves thefloutingof expectations of conventional regularities in language but depends on an intimate familiarity with those conventions. From theCambridge English Corpus In this example, (a) is not sufficiently informative (floutingthe maxim of quantity) and therefore (b) is the better answer. From theCambridge English Corpus Once members have formally adopted certain legal limitations on their behavior, how does this normative fact stop members fromfloutingthe rules they have just assumed? From theCambridge English Corpus This might be regarded asfloutingthe view that the law addresses autonomous agents capable of arranging their affairs so as to avoid the law's penalties. From theCambridge English Corpus Much the worstfloutingof covenants relates to those that govern cars and car parking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He says that we arefloutingfair play in order to let these councils have their office extended. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I myself am in no way a supporter of the driver who exceeds the speed limit, flagrantlyfloutingthe law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are notfloutingthe law of the land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not therefore hardly surprising that so many schools arefloutingan unenforceable statute? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of those commercial interests have in recent times attempted to dictate the pattern of change byfloutingthe law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But it would he a great mistake to think that clubs will befloutingthe regulations right, left and centre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a need for more prosecutions to be taken against companiesfloutingthe law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If he did so it would be merelyfloutingthe law of the land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This amendment relates tofloutingof restraint orders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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