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

• 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。
• 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。
• Clinton told reporters in Washington that the Syrian military should immediately end attacks and provocations in the region.
  克林顿在华盛顿对记者说，叙利亚军队应当立即停止在该地区的袭击和挑衅。
• Defense officials in Seoul privately said the drill aimed to warn North Korea against any provocations, especially after dictator Kim Jong Un inspected a naval unit in the North earlier this week.
  国防部官员在首尔私下里表示，这次演习的目的是警告朝鲜不要进行任何挑衅，特别是在朝鲜领导人金正恩（KimJongUn）本周早些时候视察了朝鲜海军的一支部队后。
• They must immediately cease all their provocations.
  他们必须停止一切挑衅。
• 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。
• 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。
• Provocations of the sort we saw last night will only further isolate them, as we stand by our allies, strengthen our own missile defense and lead the world in taking firm action in response to these threats.
  我们在昨晚见到的那种挑衅行为只会进一步孤立他们，而我们将与盟友一起，加强自己的导弹防御系统，并领导国际社会采取坚决措施回应此类威胁。
• We agreed to ignore any further provocations.
  我们一致同意不理睬任何进一步的挑逗。