provokes

英 [prəˈvəʊks]

美 [prəˈvoʊks]

v.  激起; 引起; 引发; 挑衅; 激怒; 刺激
provoke的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 挑衅；煽动；激怒；刺激
  If youprovokesomeone, you deliberately annoy them and try to make them behave aggressively.
  1. 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。
  2. I provoked him into doing something really stupid.
     在我的刺激下他做了件非常愚蠢的事。
• VERB 激起；引起
  If somethingprovokesa reaction, it causes it.
  1. His election success has provoked a shocked reaction...
     他的当选引起一片震惊。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• No matter how much he provokes them, Italians seem unable to dislodge Silvio Berlusconi.
  无论西尔维奥贝卢斯科尼怎么激怒意大利人，老百姓似乎都无法赶他下台。
• The subject of terrorism provokes passion in many people.
  提到恐怖主义活动，许多人就反应激烈。
• The book arouses/ provokes my interest.
  这本书激起了我的兴趣。
• If a behavior provokes no response, it typically dies away.
  如果一种行为没有激起任何反应，它一般会消失。
• Or if it keeps its nuclear weapons and thus provokes America into toppling the regime?
  抑或继续持有核武器而惹恼美国来推翻自己？
• To brazen things out only provokes greater suspicion and hostility.
  厚着脸皮干下去只会引起更大的怀疑和敌对行为。
• Still provokes indignation and grief.
  仍然能使人愤怒和哀伤。
• There is also nothing new about the international outcry it provokes.
  以色列的行动引发国际社会的声讨，这也不是什么新鲜事。
• For advanced economies, the wisdom of attempting structural reform at a time that growth is low and inflation nil or negative is questionable, if it provokes uncertainty that reduces confidence and demand.
  对于发达经济体，在增长较低、通胀为零或负值的情况下试图进行结构性改革，如果此举引发不确定性、削弱信心和需求，那么其明智性就值得推敲了。
• Hong Kong is a place that provokes questions, some without answers.
  香港是一个容易引发问题的地方，而有些问题是没有答案的。