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

• India also wants to push back against what it sees as Chinese provocations.
  印度视图向后推来反抗作为对中国的挑衅。
• But by now it should be clear, your provocations and pursuit of nuclear weapons have not achieved the security you seek; they have undermined it.
  然而，现在应该已经清楚，你们的挑衅行为和谋求发展核武器并没有给你们带来所希望的安全，而是危及了安全。
• 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。
• North Korea experts suggest two main motivations for recent provocations.
  北韩问题专家提出两种看法，说明北韩近来采取挑衅行动的主要动机。
• But with North Korea creeping to full nuclear status, there is a growing need for the world to show it is not powerless in the face of provocations from Mr Kim's despicable regime.
  但在朝鲜逐渐接近成为正式核武国家之际，世界越来越需要显示出，在卑劣的金正日政权的挑衅面前，它并非无能为力。
• 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。
• The atmosphere would then be more conducive to conclude a code of conduct that could prevent accidents and unnecessary provocations in future.
  届时气氛将更有利于缔结一项行为准则，以在未来防止突发事件和不必要的挑衅。
• This web life: emerging ideas, thoughtful topics, insights and provocations.
  这个生活关系网络：显露出观点，思考主题，洞察力和挑衅。
• 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。