If you provoke someone, you deliberately annoy them and try to make them behave aggressively.
例句
He started beating me when I was about fifteen but I didn't do anything to provoke him...在我快15歲時他開始打我，可我并沒有任何招惹他的舉動。I provoked him into doing something really stupid.在我的刺激下他做了件非常愚蠢的事。
VERB
激起；引起
If something provokes a reaction, it causes it.
例句
His election success has provoked a shocked reaction...他的當(dāng)選引起一片震驚。The destruction of the mosque has provoked anger throughout the Muslim world.毀壞清真寺的行為激怒了整個伊斯蘭世界。
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
令人生氣的；使人惱火的
provoking behaviour令人生氣的行為
刺激的
provoking words刺激的話
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. causing or tending to cause anger or resentment;