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provoke

provoke
[英] [prəˈvəuk] [美] [prəˈvok] 生词本

vt.

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1. VERB 挑衅；煽动；激怒；刺激 If you provoke someone, you deliberately annoy them and try to make them behave aggressively. 

  • He started beating me when I was about fifteen but I didn't do anything to provoke him...

    在我快15岁时他开始打我，可我并没有任何招惹他的举动。

  • I provoked him into doing something really stupid.

    在我的刺激下他做了件非常愚蠢的事。

2. VERB 激起；引起 If something provokes a reaction, it causes it. 

  • His election success has provoked a shocked reaction...

    他的当选引起一片震惊。

  • The destruction of the mosque has provoked anger throughout the Muslim world.

    毁坏清真寺的行为激怒了整个伊斯兰世界。

Verb

1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);

  • "arouse pity"
  • "raise a smile"
  • "evoke sympathy"

2. call forth;

  • "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"

3. provide the needed stimulus for

4. annoy continually or chronically;

  • "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"
  • "This man harasses his female co-workers"
1. Don't provoke him to anger.
别招他生气。

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2. Don't provoke the animal by teasing. It may bite you.
不要挑逗动物，它会咬你的。

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3. I said [did] nothing to provoke him.
我可没惹他呀！

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4. You'd better not provoke that fellow.
这人招惹不得。

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