provoke
provoke 英 [prəˈvəʊk] 美 [prəˈvoʊk]
vt. 驱使；激怒；煽动；惹起
进行时:provoking 过去式:provoked 过去分词:provoked 第三人称单数:provokes
- Anything that brings about a strong reaction can be said to provoke. You can provoke that lion if you want. But if he responds by attacking, don't come running to me.
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- vt. 驱使；激怒；煽动；惹起
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1. One man would deliberately provoke the other by rapping them across the knuckles.
在实验中，他们让一人击打另一人的膝关节来激怒他。
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2. Here, we have to get past a common misunderstanding: the view that the Chinese have us over a barrel, because we don’t dare provoke China into dumping its dollar assets.
这个问题上，我们必须超越一个普遍存在的误解，也就是美国正受制于中国，因为我们不敢激怒中国使它做出倾销美元资产的举动。
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3. They have only to provoke an enemy into an attack.
他们只要惹怒敌人， 使其发动进攻即可。
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