| 单词 | provocation |
| 释义 | provocation (prɒvəkeɪʃən ) Word forms: provocations variable noun 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. He denies murder on the grounds of provocation. The soldiers fired without provocation. The chief of police has condemned this weekend's protest as deliberate provocation. Synonyms: cause, reason, grounds, motivation Collocations: slightest provocation He had a fiery temper and would explode at the slightest provocation. The Sun (2007) Yet players these days react aggressively at the slightest provocation. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Officers warned they could attack with the slightest provocation. The Sun (2013) Everyone weeps at the slightest provocation. Times, Sunday Times (2012) In tonight's episode, he meets a wife and mother who flies off the handle at the slightest provocation. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Translations: Chinese: 挑衅 Japanese: 挑発 |
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