provoke

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

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.

provoke的解释

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。

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