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provoke /pra'vauk; pra'vok/ vt 1 [VP6A] make angry; vex: 激愁;招惹《 He was ~d beyond endurance. 他怒不可过。 If you ~ the dog, it will attack you. 如果你去招惹那只狗，牠会咬你。 2 [VP6A] cause; arouse: 致使; 引起： ~ laughter/a stnile/a riot. 引起大笑(微笑，一场暴乱)。 3 [VP17, 14] ~ sb to do sth/into doing sth, cause or compel them: 驱使; 迫使(某人做某事)： His impudence ~d her into slapping his face. 他的卤莽迫使她打他耳光。 He was ~d to answer rudely. 他受激而无礼地回答。 pro-voking adj annoying: 恼人的; 气人的; 叫人烦恼的： provoking of sb to be late. 因为某人晚到而气恼。 provokingly adv |