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provoke

/pruh-vohk/US // prəˈvoʊk //UK // (prəˈvəʊk) //

挑动,挑衅,挑起,撩拨

Related Words

aggravate加重,恶化,变本加厉,变本加厉地offend得罪,冒犯,得罪人,得罪了incite煽动,鼓动,挑动,挑起irritate刺激性,刺激,恼人的,烦人raise提高,抬高,抬起,抬起来enrage激怒,愤怒,恼怒,激怒了inflame发炎,发火,发怒,发炎了irk刺激,埃尔克,刺激性anger愤怒,怒气,怒,愤慨infuriate激怒,激怒了,愤怒,震怒foment鼓动,酝酿,助长,酝酿着prompt促使,提示,迅速,催促inspire激发,激励,鼓舞人心,激发灵感bring about带来,诱发,实现,带来的stir搅动,搅拌,挑动,搅动了motivate激励,促使,激励的,励志induce诱发,诱导,诱发了,诱惑generate产生,生成,产生的,产生了elicit引出,引发,引起,激发arouse唤起,激发,引起,激起

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pro·voked, pro·vok·ing.

    • : to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
    • : to stir up, arouse, or call forth: The mishap provoked a hearty laugh.
    • : to incite or stimulate to action.
    • : to give rise to, induce, or bring about: What could have provoked such an incident?
    • : Obsolete. to summon.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmake angry
Forms: provoked, provokes, provoking
Synonyms
aggravate加重,恶化,变本加厉,变本加厉地anger愤怒,怒气,怒,愤慨enrage激怒,愤怒,恼怒,激怒了foment鼓动,酝酿,助长,酝酿着incite煽动,鼓动,挑动,挑起inflame发炎,发火,发怒,发炎了infuriate激怒,激怒了,愤怒,震怒irk刺激,埃尔克,刺激性irritate刺激性,刺激,恼人的,烦人offend得罪,冒犯,得罪人,得罪了raise提高,抬高,抬起,抬起来abet教唆,教唆人,教唆者,教唆唆使abrade研磨,擦伤,打磨,磨损affront侮辱,冒犯,辱骂,冒犯行为annoy恼人的,烦人,烦人的,烦人的事bother困扰,麻烦,烦恼,烦扰bug错误,窃听器,虫子,臭虫chafe褶皱,皴裂,皴擦,皴裂的痕迹exasperate激怒了,激怒,使劲,使劲地exercise练习,锻炼,运动,演习fret烦人,烦躁不安的人,烦躁不安,烦恼gall胆量,胆汁,勇气,胆get得到,获得,拿到,得grate炉架,炉渣,篦子,炉排incense熏香,香,香火,香气insult侮辱,詈骂,辱骂,詈骂声madden马登,麦迪逊,玛登,麦登nag唠叨,唠唠叨叨,叨叨perturb扰乱,扰动,扰乱秩序,扰乱了pique赌气,皮克,匹克,比格rile扯淡,扯铃,扯蛋,扯谎roil滚动,咆哮,咆哮声,滚动的ruffle褶边,围脖,褶皱,围裙set设置,一组,一套,集upset心烦意乱,心乱如麻,烦乱,心烦意乱的vex呧呧的get on one's nerves神经紧张,神经衰弱,神经质的人,神经质get under one's skin惹人注目,惹火烧身,惹人厌,惹火hit where one lives命中率,打到哪里算哪里,打到哪里make blood boil让人热血沸腾,令人热血沸腾,让人热血沸腾的,让人热血沸腾的是make waves兴风作浪,造浪,乘风破浪,掀起浪潮put out熄灭,做出了,放出,熄灭的set on设置在,设在,设为,设置为try one's patience试探人的耐心,磨人,试探,试探性思维whip up鞭打,掀起,搅动,鞭打着work into lather搅拌成泡沫状,揉成泡沫,搅拌成泡沫,揉成泡沫状work up编制,做好工作,做好,工作
Antonyms
alleviate减轻,纾解,缓解,缓和appease抚慰,绥靖,安抚,姑息calm平静,平息,平静的,平静下来delight愉悦,喜悦,愉快,快乐discourage劝阻,劝告,阻止,劝说help帮助,帮忙,帮忙的,帮助的make happy使高兴,使人高兴,让人高兴,使人高兴的是pacify安抚,抚平,平定,抚慰placate调和,劝慰,安抚,劝解please请,请你,请注意,请您soothe抚慰,安抚,舒缓,劝慰stop停止,停下来,停,停住aid援助assuage抚慰,劝慰,抚平,安抚comfort舒适度,舒适性,舒适,舒适感compliment赞美,夸奖,称赞,恭维dissuade劝阻,劝说,劝退,劝解fail不合格,失败,不及格,不成功gratify欣慰,满足,赏心悦目,欣喜若狂hinder阻碍,妨碍,碍,阻碍因素ignore忽略不计,置之不理,忽略,无视lose失去,损失,丧失,失去了end结束,终端,结束语,终止halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足prevent防止,预防,阻止,避免
verbstart, evoke; stimulate
Forms: provoked, provokes, provoking
Synonyms
arouse唤起,激发,引起,激起bring about带来,诱发,实现,带来的cause原因,导致,原因是,引起elicit引出,引发,引起,激发galvanize镀锌,镀金generate产生,生成,产生的,产生了incite煽动,鼓动,挑动,挑起induce诱发,诱导,诱发了,诱惑inflame发炎,发火,发怒,发炎了inspire激发,激励,鼓舞人心,激发灵感instigate煽动,鼓动,唆使,挑唆kindle点燃,点读,点阅,点读机lead to导致,导致了,导致的结果是,引发motivate激励,促使,激励的,励志precipitate沉淀物,沉淀,淀积物,淀prompt促使,提示,迅速,催促stir搅动,搅拌,挑动,搅动了animate动画,动画片,动画制作,动画化awaken觉醒,唤醒,苏醒,醒来begin开始,开始了,始于,始bestir蓓蕾,蓓蓓尔,蓓蕾花,蓓蓓challenge挑战,挑战赛,挑战性,难题electrify通电,带电,通电的,触电enthuse热心,欢欣鼓舞,鼓动,欣喜若狂excite激动人心,使人兴奋,激动人心的,激动fire火,火灾,开火,开枪innervate管辖,役使,关照,神经make使,让,使得,使成为move行动,移动,举措,搬迁occasion机会,场合,时机,偶尔pique赌气,皮克,匹克,比格prime首要的,首要,首选,首要任务produce生产,制作,产生,产量promote促进,推动,推广,推销quicken快捷,快捷键,快手,快车rally拉力赛,拉力赛中,拉链,拉力赛中的rouse鼓动,鼓动人心,唤醒,鼓动起来thrill激动,激动人心,感到兴奋,激动不已titillate挑逗,撩拨,挑逗性,挑逗性的titivate钛酸酯,钛酸盐,滴水不漏,钛白粉waken唤醒,醒来,醒来后,觉醒whet硎bring down降低,弄倒,带下,弄垮bring on带上,带来,带来的,带来了bring to one's feetbuild up积累,建立,积累起来,积累起来的call forth唤起,召唤,召见,召来draw forth拔出,引出,抽出,楯车fire up兴起,燃烧,开火,兴建give rise to引起,引起了,产生,引发innerve内脏,内部,內幕消息,内脏器官roust争吵,争夺,争论,争吵声suscitate悬浮,悬挂,悬空,暂停
Antonyms
calm平静,平息,平静的,平静下来depress压抑,沮丧,沮丧的,压抑的deter遏止,阻止,阻吓,遏阻discourage劝阻,劝告,阻止,劝说dissuade劝阻,劝说,劝退,劝解halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足prevent防止,预防,阻止,避免put out熄灭,做出了,放出,熄灭的stop停止,停下来,停,停住wait等待,伺候,侍候,等待着bore内孔,镗孔,内孔的,孔雀deaden死气沉沉,死亡,死气沉沉的,死人demote降职,降级,贬职,贬低destroy毁灭,摧毁,销毁,毁坏disenchant失宠,失恋,丧失信心,失宠的人dishearten沮丧,沮丧的,厌烦,沮丧的人dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的lose失去,损失,丧失,失去了ruin破坏,毁坏,毁掉,毁了weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了delight愉悦,喜悦,愉快,快乐end结束,终端,结束语,终止make happy使高兴,使人高兴,让人高兴,使人高兴的是please请,请你,请注意,请您

Examples

  • His remarks reportedly provoked laughter from some JOC Council members.

  • The move, which effectively silences Parler, provoked ire from some conservatives.

  • As Larissa MacFarquhar explored in her book “Strangers Drowning,” extreme do-gooders often provoke us.

  • Like other experts, Donovan says the core problem with the social platforms lies in their algorithms that choose to amplify content according to the amount of “engagement” it provokes.

  • The initial shot of the Moderna vaccine takes two weeks to provoke an immune response, and recipients get a booster 28 days later.

  • But he insisted that there is nothing about her death to provoke additional scrutiny.

  • They sit by the bar, careful to just order Voss water and thus provoke a Forbes to invite them for a drink.

  • The holiday may see more Hongkongers hit the streets, which in turn could provoke the authorities to take more-draconian measures.

  • For example, the MTA prohibits ads that “incite or provoke violence.”

  • Outsiders came to the town to looking to provoke the authorities, but the community did what the cops couldn't: keep the peace.

  • The question then becomes: why did he continually provoke Cibber, knowing the latter had such a story at hand?

  • She did not wish to provoke him to anger, but to make him see things in a more cheerful light.

  • A people that continually provoke me to anger before my face, that immolate in gardens, and sacrifice upon bricks.

  • He displayed no ostentation in dress, or equipage, or manners, to provoke the desire in others to humble him.

  • And thou shalt speak my words to them, if perhaps they will hear, and forbear: for they provoke me to anger.

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