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provoke
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- Conjugation :
past
provoked
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ing
provoking
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Derivatives :
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provoker
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- provoke
[prə'vəuk]
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1.
vt.
[+person]
(annoy) 激怒
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2.
vt.
[+fight]
[ reaction]
[ anger]
(cause) 挑起
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to provoke sb into doing sth
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刺激某人做某事
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- provoke
[prəʊˈvəʊk]
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1.
vt.
引起，唤起
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2.
vt.
引发，导致，使发生
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Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple.
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她的行为引起了夫妻间的争吵。
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3.
vt.
刺激，激起
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4.
vt.
激怒，惹怒，使气恼
Collins English-English Dictionary
- provoke
[prə'vəυk]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to anger or infuriate
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2.
vt.
to cause to act or behave in a certain manner; incite or stimulate
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3.
vt.
to promote (certain feelings, esp anger, indignation, etc) in a person
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4.
vt.
[obsolete]
to summon
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5.
vt.
[Etymology]
C15: from Latin provocare to call forth, from vocare to call
Examples
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to provoke sb into doing sth
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刺激某人做某事
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His design was to provoke the community into anger.
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他计划就是激怒这群人。
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我可没惹他呀！
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I said nothing to provoke him. or I did nothing to provoke him.
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触发乡思
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touch off a train of home thoughts; provoke nostalgic longing
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别刺激他。
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Don't provoke him.
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令人发笑
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make one laugh; provoke laughter; be ridiculous
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挑起事端
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provoke incidents
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惹起是非
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provoke a dispute; stir up trouble
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挑动内战
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provoke civil war
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