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provoker

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

挑衅者,挑逗者,挑釁者,挑拨者

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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

  • People who received the vaccine have also reported fevers, fatigue, aches, or chills—a sign that the vaccine is working as intended to provoke a response from the immune system, experts say.

  • These statements provoked public outcry but public health officials note there’s no reason to worry about this specific variant.

  • This is typically the time of year when we roll out a different package, our annual Voice of the Year list, where we set out to determine who provoked the biggest civic dialogues over the past year.

  • When stressed, injured, starving, or otherwise provoked, the pinky-nail-sized Turritopsis dohrnii skips the whole growing old and dying thing in favor of reverting to infancy.

  • As long as you are able to provoke your respondents to bring something original to the table, selecting them from other roundup articles is absolutely fine.

  • No one remembers a laugh provoker, while even third rate "serious" actors win posthumous praise!

  • He thought of the actor's wife and two babies, especially the one who was his father's "tear provoker."

  • Nay, now I have caught you; there was neither inviter, nor provoker, for I was all alone.

  • One of these venerable first principles is that mystery is the arch provoker.

  • Smoked halibut by any other designation would be a thirst-provoker just the same.