中英互译
provoke
英 /prəˈvəʊk/美 /prəˈvoʊk/
基本释义
- v.激起，引起；激励，刺激；挑衅，激怒
第三人称单数provokes
现在分词provoking
过去式provoked
过去分词provoked
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词语例句
激起，引起vt.
The article was intended to provoke discussion.
这篇文章旨在引发讨论。
Offhand comments can provoke resentment.
草率的评论会引起怨恨。
They wind out being guilt provoking reminders of the fact that will over committed and losing control of our priorities.
它们最终会让我们感到内疚，提醒我们，这会让我们过度投入，失去对优先事项的控制。
激励，刺激vt.
A good teacher should have the ability to provoke students into working harder.
一个好的老师应该具备能激励学生更努力学习的能力。
挑衅，激怒vt.
His duty was to conciliate the people, not to provoke them.
他的任务是安抚这些人，而不是激怒他们。
- His duty was to conciliate the people, not to provoke them.他的任务是安抚这些人，而不是激怒他们。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Premature moves in this respect might well provoke a reaction against the reform.在这方面过早的行动可能会激起对改革的抵触。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- They accused both radicals and conservatives of trying to provoke a split in the party.他们指责激进人士和保守人士都企图挑起党内分歧。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
网络短语
- provoke a quarrel寻隙挑衅
- provoke elicit引起；诱发
- to provoke寻衅；挑拔；挑灯拨火；撩惹
- provoke e引起；激怒；引发；对…挑衅
- incite provoke煽动；激动；引起
词语扩展
n.
provocation挑衅；激怒；挑拨
词义分布
惹
25.4%
挑拨
14.1%
挑衅
14.1%
激怒
13.7%
招惹
11.2%
挑起
10.7%
刺激
4.9%
煽动
3.4%
惹起
1.5%
挑动
1%
英英释义
- v.call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- v.evoke or provoke to appear or occur
- v.provide the needed stimulus for
- v.annoy continually or chronically
- v.to deliberately annoy someone and try to make them angry
挑衅；挑拨；刺激- The demonstrators did not provoke the police and everyone remained calm.示威者没有挑衅警察，大家都很克制。
词源
- provoke来自中世纪法语provoquer, 来自古法语, 来自拉丁语prōvocāre.
- provoke激怒，挑拨，煽动词根词缀： pro-前,公开 + -vok-叫喊 + -e动词词尾 → 站在别人面前叫喊,可不是挑衅吗?
- provoke挑衅，挑逗，激起pro-,向前，-vok,说话，叫喊，词源同voice,invoke.引申词义挑衅，挑逗。