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pro·voke AHD[prə-vōkʹ] D.J.[prəˈvəʊk]K.K.[prəˈvok]v.tr.（及物动词）pro.voked, pro.vok.ing, pro.vokes - To incite to anger or resentment.激起，挑起：激起愤怒或怨恨的情感
- To stir to action or feeling.煽动：激起行动或感情
- To give rise to; evoke:引起：使…出现；唤起，引起：provoke laughter.引起一阵大笑
- To bring about deliberately; induce:招致：故意导致；招致：provoke a fight.挑起一场战斗
- Middle English provoken 中古英语 provoken
- from Old French provoquer 源自 古法语 provoquer
- from Latin prōvocāre [to challenge] 源自 拉丁语 prōvocāre [挑战]
- prō- [forth] * see pro- 1prō- [向前的] * 参见 pro-1
- vocāre [to call] * see wek w- vocāre [召唤] * 参见 wek w-
provokʹingly adv.（副词）provoke, incite, excite, stimulate, arouse, rouse, stir- These verbs are compared in the sense of moving a person to action or feeling or summoning something into being by moving a person in this way.这些动词在意为触动某人采取某行动、产生某种感情或以这种方式触动某人从而命令某事物时，常把它们做比较。
- Provoke, the least explicit with respect to means,frequently does little more than state the consequences produced: Provoke 在方式上最不明确，通常仅仅指明所产生的后果： "Let my presumption not provoke thy wrath" (Shakespeare). “希望我的揣测不会激起你的怒气” （莎士比亚）。 "A situation which in the country would have provoked meetings" (John Galsworthy).Toincite is to provoke and urge on: “一种要是在乡下会激起讨论的状况” （约翰·高尔斯华绥）。Incite 是激起和激励前进的意思： The insurrection was incited by members of the outlawed opposition.暴乱是由那些在逃的反对派成员挑起的。
- Excite especially implies the provoking of a strong reaction or powerful emotion: Excite 特指引起强烈的反应或激烈的情感： The play is bound to fail; the plot excites little interest or curiosity. Tostimulate is to excite to activity or to renewed vigor of action as if by spurring or goading: 这出戏注定失败；情节激不起观众半点兴趣和好奇心。 Stimulate 指似乎用马刺或木刺驱赶一样激起活力或使行动重新充满活力： "Our vigilance was stimulated by our finding traces of a large . . . encampment" (Francis Parkman).“我们发现了一次大规模的驻营痕迹，这促使我们提高警觉” （弗兰西斯·帕克曼）。
- Arouse androuse suggest awakening, as from inactivity or apathy; Arouse 和rouse 含有使从不积极或冷漠状态中苏醒之意；
- rouse, the stronger term,often implies incitement to vigorous or animated activity or excitement of strong emotion: rouse 在语气上较强一些，指激发进行有活力或生机的活动或激起强烈的感情： "In a democratic society like ours, relief must come through an aroused popular conscience that sears the conscience of the people's representatives" (Felix Frankfurter). “在象我们这样一个民主社会中，只有当被唤起的公众的良知感染了民众代表的良知时，我们才能感到放心” （费利克斯·弗兰克福特）。 "His mother . . . endeavored to rouse him from this passive state" (Washington Irving). “他的母亲…试图使他从消极的状态中振作起来” （华盛顿·欧文）。 "The oceangoing steamers . . . roused in him wild and painful longings" (Arnold Bennett).Tostir is to prompt to activity, to arouse strong but usually agreeable feelings, or to provoke trouble or commotion: “出海的汽船…在他心中激起了狂热且痛苦的渴望” （阿诺德·贝内特）。Stir 意思是使活跃、引起强烈但令人愉快的情感或引起麻烦或骚动： "It was him as stirred up th' young woman to preach last night" (George Eliot). “正是他鼓动了这个年青女子在昨天晚上进行布道” （乔治·艾略特）。 "I have seldom been so . . . stirred by any piece of writing" (Mark Twain). “我很少…被一篇文章所感动” （马克·吐温）。 "Men blame you that you have stirred a quarrel up" (William Butler Yeats).See also Synonyms at annoy “男人们谴责你，因为你挑起了一场争端” （威廉·布特勒·叶芝） 参见同义词 annoy
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