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provo

/proh-voh/US // ˈproʊ voʊ //UK // (ˈprəʊvəʊ) //

挑衅,挑起,挑剔,挑拨离间

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pro·vos.

    • : a Dutch or German political agitator, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.

Examples

  • The finding, published August 26 in Science Advances, suggests the current political zeitgeist that mail-in voting benefits one party over another is false, says political scientist Michael Barber of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

  • A former resident of Provo, Utah, he learned Spanish as a teenager on a mission trip in Mexico City.

  • Gilmour is said to be set to take up his studies at BYU in Provo, following in the footsteps of his bride.

  • Ray had reportedly been in serious but stable condition at a Provo, Utah, hospital and was surrounded by family when he died.

  • Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada, Phoenix,  Provo, Utah, and Greely, Colorado, round out the 20 most stressed housing markets.

  • Here they discovered Provo encamped with an abundance of provisions, so their troubles were quickly over.

  • Lo sento a quel che provo, che l' ora suona; sono in procinto di spirare; ho finito prima di aver goduto del mio talento.

  • He accepted this mild declaration of political independence without protest, and I went to Provo, happily, a free man.

  • There was in those days a class of people in Provo whose conduct was not entirely satisfactory.

  • It was a gathering place for many uncouth miners, whose habits of drinking and gambling did not give Provo a very good name.