flout
/flaut/
📖 中文释义
- vt. 嘲笑, 愚弄
- vi. 表示轻蔑
- n. 嘲笑, 愚弄, 轻视
🔗 释义中的汉语词
🧩 词形变化
💬 双语例句
But even on that issue, the GOP has changed. Trump has indicated that he would flout America’s NATO obligations, disregard institutions of global governance, and treat negotiations with other countries as ceremonies of surrender to US positions, rather than two-way deliberations.
Most disturbing is the extent to which companies, so often stalwart defenders of the rule of law when it comes to their own rights, deliberately flout the law – heedless of the consequences – when it comes to maximizing profits. The case of Volkswagen continues to beggar belief.
最令人不安的是,公司在涉及到其自身权利时是坚定的法治捍卫者,而为了实现利润最大化,它们随时准备践踏法律 — — 并且无视后果。 大众汽车的例子仍在发酵。 一家大型跨国公司怎么可以将犯罪行为列为其企业战略? 最近关于埃克森美孚是否故意掩盖它对气候变化风险的了解的调查也同样恶劣。
As Sherlock Holmes understood, a dog that does not bark in the nighttime usually goes unnoticed. In Europe’s case, the European Union’s fiscal rules are at issue, and the Commission – in principle the EU’s watchdog – should bark loudly when they are flouted.
布鲁塞尔—以让-克劳德·容克为首的新欧盟委员会开局不利。 但从新闻中你看不到这一点。 福尔摩斯知道,不在午夜乱吠的狗往往不会引起注意。 在欧洲,欧盟的财政规则是问题所在,而欧盟委员会 — — 原则上它是欧盟的看门狗 — — 应该在问题没有得到重视时大声吠叫。
🔵 同义词
🔗 常用搭配
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- v treat with contemptuous disregard
- v laugh at with contempt and derision