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provocation

/prov-uh-key-shuhn/US // ˌprɒv əˈkeɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃən) //

挑衅,挑衅行为,挑衅行动,挑衅性

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Definitions

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounincitement, stimulus

Examples

  • It’s a provocation to reinvent the process of AI development to include those who ultimately become subject to the algorithms.

  • The boundaries between the digital and analog all but disappeared as rage, provocation and gloating bounced back and forth, again and again.

  • Luther became a conservative darling this spring for her provocation, spending two days in custody on contempt of court charges.

  • That she praised Graham’s oversight of the process, and then got up and hugged him, was simply the final provocation for many liberals.

  • As my Vox colleague Jane Coaston pointed out, Miller delights in provocation for provocation’s sake.

  • And then he went on a tear in early 2013, creating one provocation after another, seemingly every day for more than two months.

  • Without any evidence or provocation, she attacks Swamp Thing—and then gets beaten in the only fight she has in the issue.

  • The provocation is likely to end any hesitation in Britain over launching strikes against ISIS in Iraq.

  • The provocation of a severe asthma attack after a cold is a well-known and well-traveled path to serious illness.

  • None were killed and Ukraine called the incident an attempt at a provocation.

  • Never, upon any account, or under any provocation, return rudeness by rudeness.

  • One thing is certain: Robert was in no aggressive mood, and would not have resumed hostilities without really serious provocation.

  • Perhaps they killed under great provocation, in the heat of passion.

  • The tremendous armies and monstrous navies have become far more a provocation and danger than a defense.

  • Frances swallowed down a lump in her throat, which was far too apt to come there on small provocation.