flout

flout
[flaʊt]
verb
  1. [with obj.]openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention)
    公然藐视，无视（规则，法律，惯例）
    the advertising code is being flouted.
    广告法规被公然藐视。
    ■[no obj.](archaic)mock; scoff
    (古)嘲笑，嘲弄
    the women pointed and flouted at her.
    女人们对她指指点点，挖苦嘲弄。
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: perhaps from Dutch fluiten 'whistle, play the flute, hiss (in derision'); German dialect pfeifen auf, literally 'pipe at', has a similar extended meaning
用法
  1. Flout and flaunt do not have the same meaning: see usage at flaunt
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