provoke

动词 v.
/pɹəˈvəʊk/    /pɹəˈvoʊk/|/pɹəˈvəʉk/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cause someone to become annoyed or angry. transitive
    — Don't provoke the dog; it may try to bite you.
  2. To bring about a reaction. transitive
    — To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it, what it provokes in his own soul.
  3. To appeal. obsolete
    — Even Arius and Pelagius durst provoke To what the centuries preceding spoke.

词形变化

provokes present,singular,third-person provoking participle,present provoked participle,past provoked past

词源

Borrowed from Middle French provoquer, from Old French, from Latin prōvocāre. Doublet of provocate.
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