
provoke
美[prə'voʊk] 英[prə'vəʊk]
vt. 激怒;惹起;驱使
详细释义
v.(动词)- 煽动,挑拨,对...挑衅,冒犯
- 激怒,触怒,使愤怒,惹恼,刺激
- 激起,激发,勾起,招来,惹起,挑起,引起,引发,唤起
- 成为...的原因
- 驱使,逼使
- 冒火,大动肝火
- 诱导,导致,诱发,撩拨
双解释义
v.(动词)- vt. 激起; 惹怒 rouse or incite; make angry
英英释义
Verb- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);
"arouse pity" "raise a smile" "evoke sympathy"
- evoke or provoke to appear or occur;
"Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
- provide the needed stimulus for
- annoy continually or chronically;
"He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked" "This man harasses his female co-workers"
组词搭配
~+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
例句
用作及物动词(vt.)- If you provoke the dog, he may bite you.你如果激怒了这条狗,它可能会咬你。
- Don't provoke the animals in the cage.不要激怒笼中的动物。
- His rudeness provoked me to strike him.他的粗鲁惹得我揍了他。
- Such a questionable assertion is sure to provoke criticism.这种有问题的主张肯定会招致非议。
- He tried to provoke them into fighting.他企图挑拨他们打架。
词语用法
v.(动词)provoke的基本意思是“激起”“惹怒”,指激怒某人或引发某事,往往强调激发动作或感情的动因。 provoke是及物动词,其后接名词或代词作宾语,也可接以带to的动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。