provocation是什么意思？

provocation

英[ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃn] 美[ˌprɑvəˈkeɪʃn]

• n. 挑衅，挑拨，激怒，刺激，愤怒，愤怒的原因；

复数：provocations;

例句

• Their insulting remarks were a provocation. 他们侮辱的话使人愤怒。
• She sometimes angers with little or no provocation. 她有时无缘无故就生气.
• He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation. 他是火爆性子,一点就着.
• Jack would not have hit the boy without provocation. 如果不是那个男孩挑衅,杰克是不会打他的.
• He reacted violently only under provocation . 只因为被激怒，他才暴力相向。
• Her plea of guilty to manslaughter through provocation was rejected. 她因受到挑衅而过失杀人的有罪答辩被驳回。
• The soldiers fired without provocation... 士兵无缘无故就开枪了。
• He denies murder on the grounds of provocation... 他否认激情杀人。

同义词

• n.
  provocation的同义词之：刺激,诱惑
  impulse, spur, incentive, inveiglement, grounds, goad, motivation, jog, fillip, temptation, inducement, push, stimulus, cause, prod,
  provocation的同义词之：唆使,唤起
  summoning, enkindling, kindling, up, rousing, stirring, instigating, agitating, actuating, impassioning, initiating, whipping, arousing, elicitation, instigation, initiation, forth, calling, actuation, provaking, agitation,
  provocation的同义词之：激励,鼓舞
  stimulating, spurring, invigoration, driving, motivation, incitement, goading, offense, invigorating, motivating, prompting, propelling, incitation, encouraging, reanimation, prodding, stimulation, encouragement, inciting, pushing,
  provocation的同义词之：激怒,惹恼
  annoyance, irritation,
• provocation的同义词之：其他释义
  affront, stimulant, dare, exasperation, inspiration,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  挑衅；煽动；刺激；激怒
  If you describe a person's action as provocation or a provocation, you mean that it is a reason for someone else to react angrily, violently, or emotionally.
  例句
  He denies murder on the grounds of provocation... 他否认激情杀人。 The soldiers fired without provocation... 士兵无缘无故就开枪了。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  挑衅;激怒;刺激
  Jack would not have hit the boy without provocation. 如果不是那个男孩挑衅, 杰克是不会打他的。
  愤怒的原因;激怒人的事
  Their insulting remarks were a provocation. 他们侮辱的话使人愤怒。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
  2. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
  3. needed encouragement;
  "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"