N-VAR 挑衅;煽动;刺激;激怒 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;煽动;刺激;激怒
He denies murder on the grounds of provocation.
他否认激情杀人。
The soldiers fired without provocation.
士兵无缘无故就开枪了。
The Deputy Commander has condemned this weekend's protest as deliberate provocation.
ADJECTIVE | ... OF PROVOCATION | VERB + PROVOCATION | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤extreme極端的挑釁➤deliberate蓄意挑釁... OF PROVOCATION➤element有些挑釁的成分◇The victim's conduct had involved an element of provocation.受害者的行為有些挑釁的成分。VERB + PROVOCATION➤respond to對挑釁作出反應➤constitute (law法律) 構成挑釁◇Words alone can constitute provocation.言語本身就能構成挑釁。PREPOSITION➤under provocation被激怒◇The crime was committed under provocation.該罪行是被激怒後犯下的。◇The defendant was not acting under provocation.被告並非是在被激怒的情況下做出此舉動的。➤without provocation沒有受到挑釁◇She attacked him without provocation.她無緣無故地就攻擊他。PHRASES➤at the slightest provocation稍一招惹◇He would lose his temper at the slightest provocation.只要稍有招惹,他就大發脾氣。