英语词汇“provoke”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

provoke

释义

Verb: provoke pru'vowk

Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise
Evoke or provoke to appear or occur
"Her behaviour provoked a quarrel between the couple"
- evoke, call forth, kick up
Provide the needed stimulus for
- stimulate
Annoy continually or chronically
- harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy [non-standard], beset, plague, molest

Derived forms: provoked, provoking, provokes

See also: provocation, provocative, provoker

Type of: annoy, bother, cause, chafe, challenge, create, devil, do, get at, get to, gravel [US], irritate, make, nark [Brit], nettle, rag, rile, vex

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