provoked是什么意思？

provoked

• v. 激起( provoke的过去式和过去分词 )，惹怒，引起，引发；

例句

• Her constant nagging provoked him. 她不断地唠叨激怒了他。
• The demonstrations were provoked by the unexplained death of an opposition leader... 一位反对派领袖莫名身亡，引发了示威游行。
• Niki's voice provoked a new bout of unreasoning anger. 妮基一开口又激起了无名的怒火。
• That provoked uproar among secular university rectors, who called it an assault on Ataturk's republic. 此举激起了各世俗大学校长的喧嚣, 他们称它是对土耳其共和国的攻击.
• Though relatively non - aggressive, these lumbering behemoths are savagely efficient at dispatching their adversaries when provoked. 虽然它们相对来说不会主动攻击,可一旦被激怒, 这些看似笨拙的巨兽可以毫不费力地将对手撕成碎片.
• He even enjoyed the sharp criticism he provoked from Voltaire. 他甚至欣赏从佛太论那儿招来的尖刻批评.
• I don't perceive the silly smiles and grimaces that provoked me at first. 起初我还没理会那使我生气的痴笑和怪相.
• For some reason this provoked Renata. 不知什么缘故,这话惹恼了莱那达.
• The noise would have provoked alarm and neighbourly concern. 吵闹本会引起担忧和好意的关注。
• His warnings have provoked the desired response. 他的警告引起了预想的反应。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  挑衅；煽动；激怒；刺激
  If you provoke someone, you deliberately annoy them and try to make them behave aggressively.
  例句
  He started beating me when I was about fifteen but I didn't do anything to provoke him... 在我快15岁时他开始打我，可我并没有任何招惹他的举动。 I provoked him into doing something really stupid. 在我的刺激下他做了件非常愚蠢的事。
• VERB
  激起；引起
  If something provokes a reaction, it causes it.
  例句
  His election success has provoked a shocked reaction... 他的当选引起一片震惊。 The destruction of the mosque has provoked anger throughout the Muslim world. 毁坏清真寺的行为激怒了整个伊斯兰世界。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. incited, especially deliberately, to anger;
  "aggravated by passive resistance""the provoked animal attacked the child"