provocation

🇬🇧/ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ 🇺🇸/ˌprɑːvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/📚 12974 40 1考研托福

If you describe a person's action as provocation or a provocation, you mean that it is a reason for someone else to react angrily, violently, or emotionally. ^挑衅

noun [抽象名词]激怒，挑衅，挑衅性事件；<法律> 挑衅（行为或语言）；（尤指蓄意的）性挑逗；（诱发反应或反射作用的）激发试验

He denies murder on the grounds of provocation.
他以受到了挑衅为理由而否认谋杀。

provocation

“ -tion” ⌜ 表示某种行为、状态或结果 - indicating an action, process, or result ~ ⌟

provocation 出现在下面的课文中: Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness? provocation 名词: 惹怒

n. 激怒；挑拨；挑衅

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关联词provoke/prəˈvəʊk/vt. 激怒；煽动；驱使；惹起

词组	含义	例句
at the slightest provocation	稍微一刺激就发怒	He’d fly into a rage at the slightest provocation. ^{稍一挑衅他就会勃然大怒。}
without provocation	没人惹就发怒(无缘无故的)	The soldiers fired without provocation. ^{士兵无缘无故就开枪了。}