"treat with disdain or contempt" (transitive), 1550s, intransitive sense "mock, jeer, scoff" is from 1570s; of uncertain origin; perhaps a special use of Middle English flowten "to play the flute" (compare Middle Dutch fluyten "to play the flute," also "to jeer"). Related: Flouted; flouting.
例文
1. Motorists regularly flout the law.
運転者は法律を無視することが多い。
2.No one can flout the rules and get away with it.
誰もこれらの規則に違反して処分されないことはできません。
3.Timeshare companies also come in for a rap as they continue to flout the rules.
各タイムバケーション会社も、関連規則に違反してきたため批判されている。
4.Meanwhile,corruption flowishes,and local officials openly flout environmental laws and regulations.
それと同時に腐敗が盛んで、地方官僚は環境保護法と関連規則制度を公然と軽蔑している。
5.Many motorcyclists flout the law by not wearing helmets.