provoke

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  • v.引发；激起；引起；挑衅
  • Web激怒；煽动；惹起
Simple Present：provokes  Present Participle：provoking  Past Tense：provoked  

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Provoke
v.
1.
~ sth
激起；引起；引发to cause a particular reaction or have a particular effect
The announcement provoked a storm of protest.
这个声明激起了抗议的风潮。
The article was intended to provoke discussion.
这篇文章旨在引发讨论。
Dairy products may provoke allergic reactions in some people.
乳制品可能会引起某些人的过敏反应。
2.
~ sb (into sth/into doing sth).~ sb to do sth
挑衅；激怒；刺激to say or do sth that you know will annoy sb so that they react in an angry way
The lawyer claimed his client was provoked into acts of violence by the defendant.
律师声称，他的当事人是受到被告的挑衅才采取暴力行动的。
Be careful what you say─he's easily provoked.
说话要小心，他这个人一惹就火儿。

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They were huddled together near a fire. They looked at me with dull eyes, then looked away, as if afraid to provoke me.
当时他们卷缩在一个火堆旁，用木纳的眼光看着我，然后又很快把目光移开，似乎害怕惹恼我。
dāng shí tā men juǎn suō zài yī gè huǒ duī páng , yòng mù nà de yǎn guāng kàn zhe wǒ , rán hòu yòu hěn kuài bǎ mù guāng yí kāi , sì hū hài pà rě nǎo wǒ 。
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"They wanted to provoke me into a fight and even a shootout and that could have resulted in my death, " he said.
他说：“他们想激怒我，迫使我跟他们打架，甚至枪战等激烈对抗，以便结束我的生命。”
tā shuō : " tā men xiǎng jī nù wǒ , pò shǐ wǒ gēn tā men dǎ jià , shèn zhì qiāng zhàn děng jī liè duì kàng , yǐ biàn jié shù wǒ de shēng mìng 。 "
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The robber and the murderer would often escape unpunished, did not the injuries which our tempers sustain, provoke us into justice.
假如我们所感受的侮辱不能激怒我们起来要求伸张正义，强盗和杀人凶手将会常常追逐法外。
jiǎ rú wǒ men suǒ gǎn shòu de wǔ rǔ bù néng jī nù wǒ men qǐ lái yāo qiú shēn zhāng zhèng yì , qiáng dào hé shā rén xiōng shǒu jiāng huì cháng cháng zhuī zhú fǎ wài 。
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And go not after strange gods to serve them, and adore them: nor provoke me to wrath by the works of your hands, and I will not afflict you.
不要追随其他的神祇，事奉朝拜，以你们手做的东西来激怒我，你们就不致遭遇灾祸。
bú yào zhuī suí qí tā de shén zhǐ , shì fèng cháo bài , yǐ nǐ men shǒu zuò de dōng xi lái jī nù wǒ , nǐ men jiù bú zhì zāo yù zāi huò 。
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The rule of the tsars was so oppressive that it did not take much to provoke the masses into a revolution.
沙皇的统治非常暴虐，所以不用花多大气力就能激发大众起来革命。
shā huáng de tǒng zhì fēi cháng bào nüè , suǒ yǐ bú yòng huā duō dà qì lì jiù néng jī fā dà zhòng qǐ lái gé mìng 。
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Do say you will. I think I should not be peevish with you: you'd not provoke me, and you'd always be ready to help me, wouldn't you? '
我想我一定不会跟你发脾气，你是不会惹我生气的，而且你总是想帮助我的，不是吗？
wǒ xiǎng wǒ yí dìng bú huì gēn nǐ fā pí qi , nǐ shì bú huì rě wǒ shēng qì de , ér qiě nǐ zǒng shì xiǎng bāng zhù wǒ de , bú shì ma ?
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What have the kids done to provoke you? Why should you take it out on them?
孩子们没招你惹你的，你干吗拿他们当出气筒？
hái zi men méi zhāo nǐ rě nǐ de , nǐ gàn má ná tā men dāng chū qì tǒng ?
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Yet the transition towards eventual privatisation must be carefully handled if it is not to provoke new injustices and social upheaval.
然而，如果要避免引发新的不公正现象乃至社会动荡，就必须审慎把握以私有化为最终目标的过渡。
rán ér , rú guǒ yào bì miǎn yǐn fā xīn de bù gōng zhèng xiàn xiàng nǎi zhì shè huì dòng dàng , jiù bì xū shěn shèn bǎ wò yǐ sī yǒu huà wéi zuì zhōng mù biāo de guò dù 。
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These bombings were widely believed to have been the work of Sunni extremists trying to kill and provoke Shias.
据信，这些爆炸是试图杀害和挑衅什叶派的逊尼派极端分子所为。
jù xìn , zhè xiē bào zhà shì shì tú shā hài hé tiǎo xìn shí yè pài de xùn ní pài jí duān fēn zǐ suǒ wéi 。
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But it was equally unpalatable for the south that internal divisions in the north could provoke a sudden collapse, he said.
但他表示，如果朝鲜的内部分歧导致政权突然垮台，韩国也同样难以接受。
dàn tā biǎo shì , rú guǒ cháo xiǎn de nèi bù fēn qí dǎo zhì zhèng quán tū rán kuǎ tái , hán guó yě tóng yàng nán yǐ jiē shòu 。
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