基本释义
- n.
- 挑衅，挑拨; 激怒，刺激; 愤怒; 愤怒的原因
词性变化
- 复数:provocations;
实用例句
He reacted violently only under provocation .
只因为被激怒，他才暴力相向。
牛津词典
The terrorists can strike at any time without provocation .
恐怖分子可能无缘无故地随时袭击。
牛津词典
She bursts into tears at the slightest provocation .
稍一招惹，她就会大哭起来。
牛津词典
So far the police have refused to respond to their provocations.
截至目前为止，警方并未对他们的挑衅作出反应。
牛津词典
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。
They did not react to this provocation.
他们对这一挑衅未作反应.
辞典例句
Tessio refused to be silenced. " Everybody knows Barzini gave you provocation since then.
忒希奥忍不住还要发言: “ 自从讲和以来,巴茨尼一直在挑衅,这是人所共知的.
教父部分
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.
《简明英汉词典》
Nothing can be offered now to reward Pyongyang for its deliberate provocation.
如今,由于平壤的蓄意挑衅,因此不能向其提供任何奖励.
期刊摘选
He keeps his temper despite the provocation.
他虽被挑激,但仍忍住怒气.
辞典例句
She would light into anyone with the slightest provocation.
谁稍微惹恼了她,她就会把谁大骂一顿.
期刊摘选
You should never hit children, even under extreme provocation.
就算你非常恼火, 也绝不能打孩子.
期刊摘选
He would whomp the kids at the slightest provocation.
他动不动就打孩子.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
She sometimes angers with little or no provocation.
她有时无缘无故就生气.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
Their insulting remarks were a provocation.
他们侮辱人的话使人愤怒.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
Defense Minister Ehud Barak says the ship is an unnecessary provocation.
以色列国防部长巴拉克指出,这条船是在进行无谓的挑衅.
期刊摘选
For a dreamer of hardness in its essence, granite is a particular kind of provocation.
对于坚硬本质的梦想者, 大理石是一种特别的挑衅.
期刊摘选
She angers with little or no provocation.
她无缘无故就发怒.
辞典例句
He stayed cool despite my provocation.
就算是有我的挑衅,他还是保持冷静.
期刊摘选
She would be calm, no matter what the provocation.
无论受到怎样的挑衅,她都能镇定自若.
期刊摘选
Twelve years ago, Iraq invaded Kuwait without provocation.
十二年前, 伊拉克无缘无故侵占科威特.
期刊摘选
Surely mockers are with me , And my eye gazes on their provocation.
伯17:2真有戏笑我的在我这里 、 眼常见他们惹动我.
期刊摘选
They sting or bite without provocation.
它们无缘无故又叮又咬.
期刊摘选
He is a patient man, but not even he could under that kind of provocation.
他是一个能忍耐的人, 但就连他也没法忍受那种挑衅了.
期刊摘选
He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.
他是火爆性子,一点就着.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
Yet fears remain at the slightest provocation the violence could start again.
然而,让人感到恐惧的是,只需一点点的挑衅行为,暴乱又会重新开始.
期刊摘选
We must resist that provocation and I want all our people briefed to that effect.
我们必须抵制这种挑衅,我要求把这一点对我们所有的人讲清楚.
辞典例句
Fly into a rage at the slightest provocation.
为了一点小事就大发脾气.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
She was a woman upon whose action under provocation you could never count.
她是那种惹恼了什么都干得出来的女人.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
真题例句
In Julius Caesar, for example, Cassius's sly provocation of Brutus to take up arms against Caesar was the basis for a discussion of methods of team building and grass roots organising.
2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文英英释义
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"
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