| 单词 | provocation |
| 释义 | provocation (once / 1258 pages) n A provocation makes someone angry or sometimes even violent. Telling a professional boxer how ugly he is would be considered a provocation — one that might get you punched in the face. Provocation is the act of provoking someone — doing something just to get a reaction. During election season, opponents sometimes use provocation to try to ruin one another's reputation. However, sometimes it backfires and the one doing the provoking, looking like a bully, loses votes. Some celebrities whose stars are fading use provocation like making scandalous statements to try to keep their names in the headlines. WORD FAMILYprovocation: provocations+/provocative: provocatively, unprovocative/provoke: provocation, provocative, provoked, provoker, provokes, provoking/provoked: unprovoked/provoker: provokers/provoking: provokingest, provokingly, unprovoking/unprovoked: unprovokedly USAGE EXAMPLESDecius says that he isn’t concerned about Trump’s seeming fondness for Russia; in his view, thoughtless provocations would be much more dangerous. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) That means arresting the person who started an altercation, even if that provocation was verbal. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Getting kicked off Twitter hardly stopped Yiannopoulos in his tracks, but it did deny him a major platform for his provocations. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) 1n something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action Syn|Hypo|Hyper incitation, incitement signal any incitement to action mental energy, psychic energy an actuating force or factor 2n needed encouragement the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation Syn|Hypo|Hyper incitement subornation underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful subornation of perjury(law) inducing someone to make a false oath as part of a judicial proceeding encouragement the expression of approval and support 3n unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment Syn|Hypo|Hyper aggravation, irritation aggro (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression last strawthe final irritation that stretches your patience beyond the limit taunt, taunting, twitaggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing aggression deliberately unfriendly behavior |
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