单词	provoking
释义	provoking /prəˈvəʊkɪŋ / adjective 1Causing annoyance; irritating: there is evidence of provoking conduct and loss of self-control... It was a strange, provoking, deliberately self-contradictory tale, which instantly sparked heated commentary. But according to Iraqi exiles, the jubilation in Baghdad was low key, perhaps to avoid provoking reprisals. I know nothing about Discordians or Discordian theory, so I am intrigued as to what it was that you found so provoking? 2 [in combination] Giving rise to the specified reaction or emotion: fear-provoking laughter-provoking... The challenges he faces in writing a new-age bestseller are thought provoking. Its examination of the concept of non-violent action is thought provoking. But I found the Guardian Leader articles on Tuesday and today extremely thought provoking and useful. Derivatives provokingly /prəˈvəʊkɪŋli/ adverb ... We had a group discussion provokingly titled ‘Can a poor country like India afford the big brand advertising budgets?’, wherein I vociferously argued against big brand advertising budgets. I had opened the cap of a mineral water bottle while travelling in a train when a person seated opposite me asked provokingly: ‘How do you know the bottled water is pure?’ There's something at once provokingly unreal yet disturbingly natural in Tobin's modular streamlined music bricolage.
随便看	be staring something in the face best ball best-beloved best bitter best boat best-born best boy best buy best-case Best, Charles Herbert best end bestest best-ever pheon pheophorbide pheophytin pheran pherecratean pherecratic pheromonal pheromone phew Ph.G. phi phial

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