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provoked

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

挑起的,引起的,挑动,挑衅的

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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.

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Examples

  • The study shows the vaccine causes few side effects and provokes a response in T-cells that target the virus within 14 days of the first dose and a protective antibody response within 28 days of the booster dose.

  • Ellis Cose, the eminent journalist, grapples with both explanations for our present crisis in his pithy and thought-provoking book, “The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America.”

  • The first presidential debate provoked shock and dismay in international news media.

  • She also questioned Zuckerberg about Facebook’s alleged interest in pushing divisive content to users because it provokes them to spend more time on the platform.

  • Speaking of distance learning not going well … In his latest education column, VOSD’s Will Huntsberry lays out the particular challenges distance learning has provoked for English-learners.

  • Everyone out there who says, “Charlie Hebdo provoked,” is making the same fundamental error.

  • And, of course, it was against the mixing of the races that the music inevitably provoked.

  • It reflects both the anger provoked by the senseless violence two days earlier, and the growing confidence of the opposition.

  • The story was so appalling, the attack so brutish and morally offensive, that it provoked an immediate, furious response.

  • And as with all cheerful, well-intentioned memes, the Challenge has provoked some good old-fashioned political trolling.

  • "I'm not proud," replied Davy, provoked at being mixed up with Gobobbles in this way.

  • We have done wickedly, and provoked thee to wrath: therefore thou art inexorable.

  • For you have provoked him who made you, the eternal God, offering sacrifice to devils, and not to God.

  • If she has justly provoked the indignation of her husband, then his cruelty presents a different aspect.

  • But the young nobleman provoked Du Bousquier into a duel where the latter dangerously wounded him.