provoking

英 [prəˈvəʊkɪŋ]

美 [prəˈvoʊkɪŋ]

v.  激起; 引起; 引发; 挑衅; 激怒; 刺激
provoke的现在分词

现在分词：provoking　

BNC.45376 / COCA.41827

柯林斯词典

• VERB 挑衅；煽动；激怒；刺激
  If youprovokesomeone, you deliberately annoy them and try to make them behave aggressively.
  1. He started beating me when I was about fifteen but I didn't do anything to provoke him...
     在我快15岁时他开始打我，可我并没有任何招惹他的举动。
  2. I provoked him into doing something really stupid.
     在我的刺激下他做了件非常愚蠢的事。
• VERB 激起；引起
  If somethingprovokesa reaction, it causes it.
  1. His election success has provoked a shocked reaction...
     他的当选引起一片震惊。
  2. The destruction of the mosque has provoked anger throughout the Muslim world.
     毁坏清真寺的行为激怒了整个伊斯兰世界。

英英释义

adj

• causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
  1. a provoking delay at the airport
  Synonym:agitativeagitating

双语例句

• Thought provoking instruction not informative or enlightening.
  启发学生思考的教学没有教育性或者启发性。
• They can push ahead with their settlement and risk provoking a backlash.
  他们能在和解与风险激起反弹的情况下向前推进。
• Perhaps I was too saucy and provoking.
  可能是我太莽撞无礼，咄咄逼人了。
• The events, and the government's embryonic response to them, are provoking new antagonisms, too.
  这次的事件以及政府的对于它幼稚的回应，正在挑起新的对抗。
• You will avoid provoking belligerent vessels that may sight you.
  要避免对任何发现你们的敌舰进行挑衅。
• The macroeconomic crisis of the past two years is also provoking a crisis of confidence in macroeconomics.
  过去两年的宏观经济危机也引发了对宏观经济本身的信任危机。
• I warn you to refrain from provoking me, or I'll ask your abduction as a special favour.
  我警告你不要惹我，不然我就要特别请它把你勾去。
• Let's say their partner is going to the airport& it's anxiety provoking for the relationship.
  比方说，他们的伴侣要去机场&这会引起对他们之间关系的极大忧虑。
• Last weekend it postponed an intercontinental ballistic missile test for fear of provoking Pyongyang.
  上周末，美国为避免激怒朝鲜，推迟了洲际弹道导弹试射。
• In the 19th century, Britain ran surpluses for decades while Australia and the US had equally long-term deficits, without provoking any global crisis.
  在19世纪，英国维持了数十年的盈余，同时澳大利亚和美国经历了同样长期的赤字，却没有引发任何全球危机。