provocation / ˌprɒv əˈkeɪ ʃən /

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provocation 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. the act of provoking.
  2. something that incites, instigates, angers, or irritates.
  3. Criminal Law. words or conduct leading to killing in hot passion and without deliberation.

provocation 近义词

n. 名词 noun

incitement, stimulus

更多provocation例句

  1. It’s a provocation to reinvent the process of AI development to include those who ultimately become subject to the algorithms.
  2. The boundaries between the digital and analog all but disappeared as rage, provocation and gloating bounced back and forth, again and again.
  3. Luther became a conservative darling this spring for her provocation, spending two days in custody on contempt of court charges.
  4. That she praised Graham’s oversight of the process, and then got up and hugged him, was simply the final provocation for many liberals.
  5. As my Vox colleague Jane Coaston pointed out, Miller delights in provocation for provocation’s sake.
  6. And then he went on a tear in early 2013, creating one provocation after another, seemingly every day for more than two months.
  7. Without any evidence or provocation, she attacks Swamp Thing—and then gets beaten in the only fight she has in the issue.
  8. The provocation is likely to end any hesitation in Britain over launching strikes against ISIS in Iraq.
  9. The provocation of a severe asthma attack after a cold is a well-known and well-traveled path to serious illness.
  10. None were killed and Ukraine called the incident an attempt at a provocation.
  11. Never, upon any account, or under any provocation, return rudeness by rudeness.
  12. One thing is certain: Robert was in no aggressive mood, and would not have resumed hostilities without really serious provocation.
  13. Perhaps they killed under great provocation, in the heat of passion.
  14. The tremendous armies and monstrous navies have become far more a provocation and danger than a defense.
  15. Frances swallowed down a lump in her throat, which was far too apt to come there on small provocation.