indeed, there are moments today- amid outlaw litter, tax cheating, illicit noise and motorized anarchy- when it seems as though the scofflaw represents the wave of the future.
今天,随处乱扔垃圾、逃税、违禁噪音,以及开汽车的无政府状态,真是比比皆是:有时简直使人觉得:玩忽法令者代表着未来的潮流了。
ironically today「s scofflaw spirit whatever its undetermined origins is being encouraged unwittingly by government at many levels.
具有讽刺意味的是,今天的藐视法令行为,不管起因如何,却都能受到各级政府的极不明智的纵容。
the most flagrant scofflaw of them all is the red-light runner.
最明目张胆的藐视法律行径要算闯红灯了。
it might even fear that to do so, would create a scofflaw community where the attitude is, 「it」s okay as long as i don't get caught.」
这样做会很恐怖,将会造成一个藐视法律的社会,他们的态度是「只要我没有被抓住,就万事大吉。」
in sum, a win for the defendants here seems lawless - as if it would, in effect, give a supreme court blessing to a possible scofflaw community.
总之,被告的胜利看起来会不合法―因为它在效果上保护了一个可能的藐视法律的社会。
the most disquieting thing about the scofflaw spirit is its extreme infectiousness.
这种藐视法律的情绪,最令人不安之处在于其传染性。