provoke
美 [prəˈvoʊk]
英 [prəˈvəʊk] 
词形变化
第三人称单数:provokes 现在分词:provoking 过去式:provoked 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | ~ sth 激起;引起;引发to cause a particular reaction or have a particular effect |
| The announcement provoked a storm of protest. 这个声明激起了抗议的风潮。 |
| The article was intended to provoke discussion. 这篇文章旨在引发讨论。 |
| Dairy products may provoke allergic reactions in some people. 乳制品可能会引起某些人的过敏反应。 |
2. | ~ sb (into sth/into doing sth).~ sb to do sth 挑衅;激怒;刺激to say or do sth that you know will annoy sb so that they react in an angry way |
| The lawyer claimed his client was provoked into acts of violence by the defendant. 律师声称,他的当事人是受到被告的挑衅才采取暴力行动的。 |
| Be careful what you say─he's easily provoked. 说话要小心,他这个人一惹就火儿。 |
英汉解释
v. | 2. 驱使,逼使;激发,煽动某人做某事 (to something, to do something) |
英英解释
例句
They were huddled together near a fire. They looked at me with dull eyes, then looked away, as if afraid to provoke me.
当时他们卷缩在一个火堆旁,用木纳的眼光看着我,然后又很快把目光移开,似乎害怕惹恼我。
It was not spotted for an hour, by which time enough of the milk fluid had been pumped into the child's vein to provoke a deadly embolism.
一个小时都不见人,这段时间已足够牛奶液注入儿童的静脉,导致致命的肺栓塞。
They are simply intended to provoke you to think about common assumptions and to serve as a resource as you formulate your own opinions.
它们绝非这些常见问题的唯一答案,仅作为一种资源,唤起你对动物权利基本理念的思索,以形成你自己观点。
"They wanted to provoke me into a fight and even a shootout and that could have resulted in my death, " he said.
他说:“他们想激怒我,迫使我跟他们打架,甚至枪战等激烈对抗,以便结束我的生命。”
The robber and the murderer would often escape unpunished, did not the injuries which our tempers sustain, provoke us into justice.
假如我们所感受的侮辱不能激怒我们起来要求伸张正义,强盗和杀人凶手将会常常追逐法外。
And go not after strange gods to serve them, and adore them: nor provoke me to wrath by the works of your hands, and I will not afflict you.
不要追随其他的神祇,事奉朝拜,以你们手做的东西来激怒我,你们就不致遭遇灾祸。
The rule of the tsars was so oppressive that it did not take much to provoke the masses into a revolution.
沙皇的统治非常暴虐,所以不用花多大气力就能激发大众起来革命。
Do say you will. I think I should not be peevish with you: you'd not provoke me, and you'd always be ready to help me, wouldn't you? '
我想我一定不会跟你发脾气,你是不会惹我生气的,而且你总是想帮助我的,不是吗?
What have the kids done to provoke you? Why should you take it out on them?
孩子们没招你惹你的,你干吗拿他们当出气筒?
Yet the transition towards eventual privatisation must be carefully handled if it is not to provoke new injustices and social upheaval.
然而,如果要避免引发新的不公正现象乃至社会动荡,就必须审慎把握以私有化为最终目标的过渡。
These bombings were widely believed to have been the work of Sunni extremists trying to kill and provoke Shias.
据信,这些爆炸是试图杀害和挑衅什叶派的逊尼派极端分子所为。
But it was equally unpalatable for the south that internal divisions in the north could provoke a sudden collapse, he said.
但他表示,如果朝鲜的内部分歧导致政权突然垮台,韩国也同样难以接受。
What I am trying to do is provoke thinking, raise awareness and point out that there are real questions here that we all should be asking.
我所要做的是让人们思考,提高认识,这里面确有问题,我们都应该问个为什么。
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev would not say what level of violence would provoke Israel to call off the cease-fire.
以色列政府发言人马克雷格夫并没有说何种程度的挑衅将取消以色列停火。
Experimenters construct interactive experiences and try to provoke unorthodox responses to see what insights emerge.
实验者获得互动的经验并试着以非传统的方式来感悟事物。
But it still seems much too easy to provoke the Chinese - even a simple remark or sentence could have all sorts of unintended consequences .
但是它仍然意味着如此易于激怒中国人——甚至一个简单的评论或句子可能都有种种意想不到的结果。
S. hopes in that way either to drive Iran to its knees or to provoke an attack by Iran that would justify massive retaliation.
美国希望那样做要么让伊朗听它使唤,要么激起伊朗发动一场复仇战争。
All this suggests that the government is trying to provoke the opposition to violence.
这一切都表明,政府正在试图煽动反对党的暴动。
Let one of you provoke an incident which endangers it and I shall cause that man to curse his mother for giving him birth.
就让你的人挑起一起事件,危机到它,那么我就好归咎于他,诅咒他老娘不该生下他来。
Simply freshening-up the smell of a room is enough to provoke a subconscious impulse towards fairness, researchers claimed.
研究人员称,仅仅改变一下房间的气味就足以引发人们对公平的下意识冲动。
All agencies that provoke change and all that retard it can be described as "good" or "bad" respectively.
一切促进变化和一切妨碍变化的力量都可以分别称为“好”的或“坏”的。
So she'd provoke us with her eyes, and scornfully, also with her eyes, she'd draw away.
所以她总是轻蔑地用她那眼神挑拨我们的心弦,然后她就一走了之。
If I were to report that I see enemy ships indirectly, I should merely provoke the question what exactly I mean.
假如我报告说我间接看见了敌舰,我会徒然招惹我确切所指为何的问题。
Affirmation is that you provoke this all day long that of not neat.
肯定是你整天招惹这个那个的不干净。
He wrote, "Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord" (Eph. 6: 4).
他写道:「你们作父亲的,不要惹儿女的气,只要照著主的教训和警戒养育他们」(以弗所书6章4节)。
A direct assault on Dodd - Frank would be so blatantly biased toward banks that it would be sure to provoke a public backlash .
对多的弗兰克法案进行直接攻击会被视作是对银行的偏心,这必将引起公众的不满。
A prominent politician, Vaiko, roars in his office that the hangings would be a "betrayal of the Tamils" , and would provoke popular fury.
一位重要的政治人物瓦伊克在自己的办公室里大吼说这几起绞刑将是对“泰米尔人的背叛”,并会引发大众的愤怒。
Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
然而你们没有听从我,竟以手所作的惹我发怒,陷害自己。这是耶和华说的。
Nothing was more likely to provoke his legendary rage than accusations that he was motivated by a base motive.
在旁人看来,没有什么比质疑他不纯动机更有可能激发起他勃然大怒的了。
Across the animal kingdom, when males see other males mating, it tends to provoke arousal.
在动物界,当雄性看到其它雄性交配时,就会唤起性欲。
Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do not provoke me to anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you.
不可随从别神事奉敬拜,以你们手所做的惹我发怒;这样,我就不加害与你们。
Some may be easy to deliver, but several could provoke rows with Britain's EU partners.
他的部分诺言很容易实现,但还有一些将引发与欧盟伙伴国的争执。
Any toughening of police powers to deal with terrorism seems to provoke objections in Karlsruhe.
似乎任何为了应对恐怖主义而对警察权力的加强都会引发宪法法院的反对。
One target was a gym known to be frequented by criminals, an attack on which was bound to provoke a violent reaction.
一个目标是一个体育馆经常有犯罪份子进出,不管是谁挑起了事端,都引起了激烈的反应。
The idea is to share out the cost between the passengers who do not provoke an extra bus or flight, and the passengers who do.
这是为了让普通乘客和那些导致安排额外公车或航班的乘客分摊成本。
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
你们作父亲的,不要惹儿女的气,只要照着主的教训和警戒,养育他们。
Now is not the time to provoke them further and impede their progress toward a new, more equal and self-assured sense of nationhood .
现在,还不是进一步激怒它们,从而阻止他们走向一个新的、更加平等以及自信的国家的时刻。
Deleveraging by one institution was more likely to provoke sell-offs elsewhere.
一家机构采取降低杠杆率的行动,更有可能引发其它地方的抛售。
The last two weeks will be wall-to-wall commercials that will provoke, encourage or discourage you to vote for or against somebody.
在最后两个礼拜,那将会是铺天盖地的广告宣传,诱导你去支持或反对某些人。
Fraudsters often create a sense of urgency to provoke you to take action immediately.
骗徒往往扮作万分紧急,催促阁下立即回覆。
Down in southern Texas there is no five-letter word more likely to provoke anger.
在德州南部,没有别的词比这个更能激起愤怒。