英汉词典

provoke 基本解释

vt.

激起，挑起；煽动；招致；触怒，使愤怒

变形

过去式：provoked过去分词：provoked现在分词：provoking第三人称单数：provokes

双语释义

v.(动词)vt. 激起; 惹怒 rouse or incite; make angry

英英释义

provoke[ prəu'vəuk ]

v.call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

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evoke or provoke to appear or occur

"Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"

同义词：evokecall forthkick up

provide the needed stimulus for

同义词：stimulate

annoy continually or chronically

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provoke 相关例句

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+副词

• provoke constantly不断地激怒
• provoke deliberately〔intentionally〕故意地激怒
• provoke disagreeably不平等地激怒
• provoke foolishly愚蠢地激怒
• provoke greatly大大地激怒
• provoke seriously严肃地惹怒
• provoke uncommonly不平常地激怒

～+介词

• provoke at因…激怒
• provoke beyond激怒得…
• provoke into迫使
• provoke to激起

同近义词辨析

stimulate, provoke

stimulate刺激，一般指刺激某人对某事感兴趣

provoke刺激，指激起某人突然的情感

provoke, aggravate, irritate

这组词都有“激怒”的意思，其区别是：

provoke指激起某人强烈的愤怒，以致令人作出反应。

aggravate口语用词。指因长时间的反复言行而引起不快、烦躁或恼怒。

irritate通常指因受到不愉快的刺激而失去耐性，变得烦燥或恼怒。

双语例句

用作及物动词(vt.)

1. If you provoke the dog, he may bite you.
   你如果激怒了这条狗，它可能会咬你。
2. Don't provoke the animals in the cage.
   不要激怒笼中的动物。
3. His rudeness provoked me to strike him.
   他的粗鲁惹得我揍了他。
4. Such a questionable assertion is sure to provoke criticism.
   这种有问题的主张肯定会招致非议。
5. He tried to provoke them into fighting.
   他企图挑拨他们打架。

权威例句

Factors which provoke post-infarction depression: Results from the post-infarction late potential study (PILP)
Peptide growth factors can provoke "fetal"contractile protein gene expression in rat cardiac myocytes
Politicized Places: Explaining Where and When Immigrants Provoke Local Opposition
FTDP-17 Mutations in tau Transgenic Mice Provoke Lysosomal Abnormalities and Tau Filaments in Forebrain
Oral vaccination. Identification of classes of proteins that provoke an immune response upon oral feeding.
Adult stromal cells derived from human adipose tissue provoke pancreatic cancer cell death both in vitro and in vivo
Curing Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with duodenal ulcer may provoke reflux esophagitis.
The postischemic gut serves as a priming bed for circulating neutrophils that provoke multiple organ failure
Anti-platelet factor 4/heparin antibodies from patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia provoke direct activation of microvasc...
Aizpurua, H.J.D.& Russell-Jones, G.J. Oral vaccination: identification of classes of proteins that provoke an immune response upon o...