If you provoke someone, you deliberately annoy them and try to make them behave aggressively.
例句
He started beating me when I was about fifteen but I didn't do anything to provoke him...在我快15歲時(shí)他開始打我，可我并沒有任何招惹他的舉動(dòng)。I provoked him into doing something really stupid.在我的刺激下他做了件非常愚蠢的事。
VERB
激起；引起
If something provokes a reaction, it causes it.
例句
His election success has provoked a shocked reaction...他的當(dāng)選引起一片震驚。The destruction of the mosque has provoked anger throughout the Muslim world.毀壞清真寺的行為激怒了整個(gè)伊斯蘭世界。
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. incited, especially deliberately, to anger;
"aggravated by passive resistance""the provoked animal attacked the child"