provocation

英[ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃn]美[ˌprɑvəˈkeɪʃn]

n.挑衅，挑拨，激怒，刺激，愤怒，愤怒的原因；

复数：provocations;

例句

Their insulting remarks were a provocation.他们侮辱的话使人愤怒。

She sometimes angers with little or no provocation.她有时无缘无故就生气.

He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.他是火爆性子,一点就着.

Jack would not have hit the boy without provocation.如果不是那个男孩挑衅,杰克是不会打他的.

He reacted violently only under provocation .只因为被激怒，他才暴力相向。

Her plea of guilty to manslaughter through provocation was rejected.她因受到挑衅而过失杀人的有罪答辩被驳回。

The soldiers fired without provocation...士兵无缘无故就开*了。

He denies murder on the grounds of provocation...他否认激情杀人。

同义词

n.

provocation的同义词之：刺激,诱惑

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provocation的同义词之：唆使,唤起

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provocation的同义词之：激励,鼓舞

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provocation的同义词之：激怒,惹恼

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provocation的同义词之：其他释义

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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-VAR

挑衅；煽动；刺激；激怒

If you describe a person's action as provocation or a provocation, you mean that it is a reason for someone else to react angrily, violently, or emotionally.

例句

He denies murder on the grounds of provocation...他否认激情杀人。The soldiers fired without provocation...士兵无缘无故就开*了。

英汉词典释义

n.

挑衅;激怒;刺激

Jack would not have hit the boy without provocation.如果不是那个男孩挑衅, 杰克是不会打他的。

愤怒的原因;激怒人的事

Their insulting remarks were a provocation.他们侮辱的话使人愤怒。

英英词典释义

Noun

1. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment

2. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action

3. needed encouragement;

"the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"