provocations

英 [ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃənz]

美 [ˌprɑvəˈkeɪʃənz]

n.  挑衅; 刺激; 激怒
provocation的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 挑衅；煽动；刺激；激怒
  If you describe a person's action asprovocationor aprovocation, you mean that it is a reason for someone else to react angrily, violently, or emotionally.
  1. He denies murder on the grounds of provocation...
     他否认激情杀人。
  2. The soldiers fired without provocation...
     士兵无缘无故就开枪了。
  3. The Deputy Commander has condemned this weekend's protest as deliberate provocation.
     副指挥官谴责本周末的抗议活动是蓄意挑衅。

双语例句

• Soon after that, Israeli Defense Minister bin Aleazer warned Syria and Lebanon not to play with fire, and stated that Israel would strongly respond to any attacks and provocations at a proper time.
  随后，以色列国防部长本埃利泽警告叙利亚和黎巴嫩不要玩火，并表示以色列将在适当的时候对任何进攻和挑衅作出强烈反应。
• Any such provocations cannot get away without due punishment.
  凡属这类挑衅都逃不脱应得的惩罚。
• Gorbachev snapped that the man was just repeating American provocations.
  戈尔巴乔夫厉声斥责那个人正是重复美国人的挑拨。
• He hit her after repeated provocations.
  她一次次招惹他，他就打了她。
• It is a fact that every effective mood stabilizer blocks the brain process known as kindling, a sensitizing of nerve cells so that they react to even minor provocations with a full-blown mood episode.
  每一种有效的情绪稳定剂阻碍了众所周知的激发（一种神经细胞的光敏处理）的大脑过程，因而他们伴随着一种全面的情绪阶段反应为较小的刺激。
• They must immediately cease all their provocations.
  他们必须停止一切挑衅。
• But she faces resistance at home from conservatives who argue against rewarding North Korean provocations with concessions.
  但她在国内面临保守派的抵制，后者反对以让步来奖励朝鲜的挑衅。
• A series of provocations led up to the border war.
  一系列的挑衅事件导致了边境战争的发生。
• SARFT has promulgated rules banning lewd comments and other moral provocations.
  广电总局颁布规定，禁止发表粗俗言论及其他道德挑衅。
• South Korean officials have expressed concerns about possible instability and military provocations by North Korea following the leadership purge.
  韩国官员对此表达了忧虑，认为朝鲜领导层洗牌结束后，可能会出现政局不稳和军事挑的情况。