flout
发音
英 [flaʊt]
美 [flaʊt]
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- n.
- 嘲笑
- 轻视
- 愚弄
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- vt.
- 嘲笑
- 藐视
- 愚弄
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- vi.
- 对…表示轻蔑
单词词源
flout 藐视
词源不详。可能来自flute, 笛子,长笛。原指吹笛的人,引申词义藐视,瞧不起。可能是来自人们心目中艺术家的清冷,高傲。
双语例句
- 1. She was not a rebel out to flout authority or change the rules .
- 她不是个试图藐视权威或改变规则的叛逆者。
- 2. And too many countries , including the euro zone 's biggest members , were allowed to flout the rules with impunity .
- 太多的国家,包括欧元区最大的那些成员,曾被允许轻视规则而免于处罚。
- 3. In the wealthy north of the capital , tehran , many flout the regime 's favoured dreary , functional look .
- 在富裕的伊朗北部首都德黑兰,许多人嘲笑统治者的津津乐道的沉闷,机械的面貌。
- 4. 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。
- 5. The problem is the regulations do not specify punishments for businesses or individuals who flout them .
- 问题在于这些条例并不对这些藐视它们的企业和个人明确惩罚。
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