provoke

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pɹəˈvəʊk/    美 /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

词汇关系

衍生词
nonprovoked overprovoke picking quarrels and provoking trouble provocation provocative provokable provokee provokement provoker reprovoke unprovoke unprovoked
相关词
evoke invoke provocateur revoke

词源

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