及物动词

1. Mind you. That dog is very dangerous when provoked.
当心，那条狗被激怒时是很危险的。

2. If you provoke the dog, he may bite you.
你如果激怒了这条狗，它可能会咬你。

3. The President's speech provoked much discussion.
总统的演说引发了许多议论。

4. He was provoked beyond endurance.
他被激得怒不可遏。

1. 激发：尤其中学阶段要加强性教育药物滥用与暴力防治,而家庭价值也比以往受到重视(Algozzine Berne,
1995) . (prove) 毛毛虫一定能够转变成蝴蝶,其中没有逻辑的顺序或途径. 但是可以肯定的是,蝴蝶可以激发 (provoke) 毛毛虫一个强大的热望.

2. 刺激：我最大的希望是藉由和台湾本地的学者会面的这段时间,试着去刺激(provoke)他们思考,如何将这些议题放入台湾社会中讨论. 我只有一个带有距离的视野,在对台湾的片段了解中,我知道台湾现在正挣扎于国家身分(nationalhood)及全球化的问题,

3. 刺激,引起：provisional 临时的 | provoke 刺激,引起 | purport 声称

1. 挑衅；煽动；激怒；刺激
If you provoke someone, you deliberately annoy them and try to make them behave aggressively.

e.g. 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。
e.g. I provoked him into doing something really stupid.
在我的刺激下他做了件非常愚蠢的事。

2. 激起；引起
If something provokes a reaction, it causes it.

e.g. His election success has provoked a shocked reaction...
他的当选引起一片震惊。
e.g. 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。

verb

1. provide the needed stimulus for

Synonym: stimulate

2. evoke or provoke to appear or occur

e.g. Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple

Synonym: evokecall forthkick up

3. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

e.g. arouse pity
raise a smile
evoke sympathy

Synonym: arouseelicitenkindlekindleevokefireraise

4. annoy continually or chronically

e.g. He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
This man harasses his female co-workers

Synonym: harasshassleharrychivychivvychevychevvybesetplaguemolest