provoke
美 [pr??vo?k]
英 [pr??v??k] 
詞形變化
第三人稱單數:provokes 現在分詞:provoking 過去式:provoked 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | ~ sth 激起;引起;引發to cause a particular reaction or have a particular effect |
| The announcement provoked a storm of protest. 這個聲明激起了抗議的風潮。 |
| The article was intended to provoke discussion. 這篇文章旨在引發討論。 |
| Dairy products may provoke allergic reactions in some people. 乳制品可能會引起某些人的過敏反應。 |
2. | ~ sb (into sth/into doing sth).~ sb to do sth 挑釁;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. 律師聲稱,他的當事人是受到被告的挑釁才采取暴力行動的。 |
| Be careful what you say─he's easily provoked. 說話要小心,他這個人一惹就火兒。 |
英漢解釋
v. | 2. 驅使,逼使;激發,煽動某人做某事 (to something, to do something) |
英英解釋
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.
當時他們卷縮在一個火堆旁,用木納的眼光看著我,然后又很快把目光移開,似乎害怕惹惱我。
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.
一個小時都不見人,這段時間已足夠牛奶液注入兒童的靜脈,導致致命的肺栓塞。
They are simply intended to provoke you to think about common assumptions and to serve as a resource as you formulate your own opinions.
它們絕非這些常見問題的唯一答案,僅作為一種資源,喚起你對動物權利基本理念的思索,以形成你自己觀點。
"They wanted to provoke me into a fight and even a shootout and that could have resulted in my death, " he said.
他說:“他們想激怒我,迫使我跟他們打架,甚至槍戰等激烈對抗,以便結束我的生命。”
The robber and the murderer would often escape unpunished, did not the injuries which our tempers sustain, provoke us into justice.
假如我們所感受的侮辱不能激怒我們起來要求伸張正義,強盜和殺人兇手將會常常追逐法外。
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.
不要追隨其他的神祇,事奉朝拜,以你們手做的東西來激怒我,你們就不致遭遇災禍。
The rule of the tsars was so oppressive that it did not take much to provoke the masses into a revolution.
沙皇的統治非常暴虐,所以不用花多大氣力就能激發大眾起來革命。
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? '
我想我一定不會跟你發脾氣,你是不會惹我生氣的,而且你總是想幫助我的,不是嗎?
What have the kids done to provoke you? Why should you take it out on them?
孩子們沒招你惹你的,你干嗎拿他們當出氣筒?
Yet the transition towards eventual privatisation must be carefully handled if it is not to provoke new injustices and social upheaval.
然而,如果要避免引發新的不公正現象乃至社會動蕩,就必須審慎把握以私有化為最終目標的過渡。
These bombings were widely believed to have been the work of Sunni extremists trying to kill and provoke Shias.
據信,這些爆炸是試圖殺害和挑釁什葉派的遜尼派極端分子所為。
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,如果朝鮮的內部分歧導致政權突然垮臺,韓國也同樣難以接受。
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.
我所要做的是讓人們思考,提高認識,這里面確有問題,我們都應該問個為什么。
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev would not say what level of violence would provoke Israel to call off the cease-fire.
以色列政府發言人馬克雷格夫并沒有說何種程度的挑釁將取消以色列停火。
Experimenters construct interactive experiences and try to provoke unorthodox responses to see what insights emerge.
實驗者獲得互動的經驗并試著以非傳統的方式來感悟事物。
But it still seems much too easy to provoke the Chinese - even a simple remark or sentence could have all sorts of unintended consequences .
但是它仍然意味著如此易于激怒中國人——甚至一個簡單的評論或句子可能都有種種意想不到的結果。
S. hopes in that way either to drive Iran to its knees or to provoke an attack by Iran that would justify massive retaliation.
美國希望那樣做要么讓伊朗聽它使喚,要么激起伊朗發動一場復仇戰爭。
All this suggests that the government is trying to provoke the opposition to violence.
這一切都表明,政府正在試圖煽動反對黨的暴動。
Let one of you provoke an incident which endangers it and I shall cause that man to curse his mother for giving him birth.
就讓你的人挑起一起事件,危機到它,那么我就好歸咎于他,詛咒他老娘不該生下他來。
Simply freshening-up the smell of a room is enough to provoke a subconscious impulse towards fairness, researchers claimed.
研究人員稱,僅僅改變一下房間的氣味就足以引發人們對公平的下意識沖動。
All agencies that provoke change and all that retard it can be described as "good" or "bad" respectively.
一切促進變化和一切妨礙變化的力量都可以分別稱為“好”的或“壞”的。
So she'd provoke us with her eyes, and scornfully, also with her eyes, she'd draw away.
所以她總是輕蔑地用她那眼神挑撥我們的心弦,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.
假如我報告說我間接看見了敵艦,我會徒然招惹我確切所指為何的問題。
Affirmation is that you provoke this all day long that of not neat.
肯定是你整天招惹這個那個的不干凈。
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).
他寫道:「你們作父親的,不要惹兒女的氣,只要照著主的教訓和警戒養育他們」(以弗所書6章4節)。
A direct assault on Dodd - Frank would be so blatantly biased toward banks that it would be sure to provoke a public backlash .
對多的弗蘭克法案進行直接攻擊會被視作是對銀行的偏心,這必將引起公眾的不滿。
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辦公室里大吼說這幾起絞刑將是對“泰米爾人的背叛”,并會引發大眾的憤怒。
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.
然而你們沒有聽從我,竟以手所作的惹我發怒,陷害自己。這是耶和華說的。
Nothing was more likely to provoke his legendary rage than accusations that he was motivated by a base motive.
在旁人看來,沒有什么比質疑他不純動機更有可能激發起他勃然大怒的了。
Across the animal kingdom, when males see other males mating, it tends to provoke arousal.
在動物界,當雄性看到其它雄性交配時,就會喚起性欲。
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.
不可隨從別神事奉敬拜,以你們手所做的惹我發怒;這樣,我就不加害與你們。
Some may be easy to deliver, but several could provoke rows with Britain's EU partners.
他的部分諾言很容易實現,但還有一些將引發與歐盟伙伴國的爭執。
Any toughening of police powers to deal with terrorism seems to provoke objections in Karlsruhe.
似乎任何為了應對恐怖主義而對警察權力的加強都會引發憲法法院的反對。
One target was a gym known to be frequented by criminals, an attack on which was bound to provoke a violent reaction.
一個目標是一個體育館經常有犯罪份子進出,不管是誰挑起了事端,都引起了激烈的反應。
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.
這是為了讓普通乘客和那些導致安排額外公車或航班的乘客分攤成本。
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
你們作父親的,不要惹兒女的氣,只要照著主的教訓和警戒,養育他們。
Now is not the time to provoke them further and impede their progress toward a new, more equal and self-assured sense of nationhood .
現在,還不是進一步激怒它們,從而阻止他們走向一個新的、更加平等以及自信的國家的時刻。
Deleveraging by one institution was more likely to provoke sell-offs elsewhere.
一家機構采取降低杠桿率的行動,更有可能引發其它地方的拋售。
The last two weeks will be wall-to-wall commercials that will provoke, encourage or discourage you to vote for or against somebody.
在最后兩個禮拜,那將會是鋪天蓋地的廣告宣傳,誘導你去支持或反對某些人。
Fraudsters often create a sense of urgency to provoke you to take action immediately.
騙徒往往扮作萬分緊急,催促閣下立即回覆。
Down in southern Texas there is no five-letter word more likely to provoke anger.
在德州南部,沒有別的詞比這個更能激起憤怒。