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岁时他开始打我，可我并没有任何招惹他的举动。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...他的当选引起一片震惊。The destruction of the mosque has provoked anger throughout the Muslim world.毁坏清真寺的行为激怒了整个伊斯兰世界。
英汉词典释义
adj.
令人生气的；使人恼火的
provoking behaviour令人生气的行为
刺激的
provoking words刺激的话
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. causing or tending to cause anger or resentment;