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.
例句
He denies murder on the grounds of provocation...他否認(rèn)激情殺人。The soldiers fired without provocation...士兵無(wú)緣無(wú)故就開槍了。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
挑釁;激怒;刺激
Jack would not have hit the boy without provocation.如果不是那個(gè)男孩挑釁, 杰克是不會(huì)打他的。
憤怒的原因;激怒人的事
Their insulting remarks were a provocation.他們侮辱的話使人憤怒。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
2. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
3. needed encouragement;
"the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"