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

• Also crucial are efforts to build an inclusive constitutional and governing structure that might hold Syria together and prevent retaliation against Alawite communities or cross-border provocations.
  同样关键的是，努力构建一套包容的机构和治理架构，维护叙利亚统一，防止针对阿拉维派社区的报复或者跨境挑衅。
• 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。
• The trauma of partition ensured that relations with Pakistan would long be dreadful, and India has shown admirable restraint in the face of bloody provocations from across the border.
  该分区的创伤表明印度与巴基斯坦的关系将长期不和。然而面对边境上的血腥挑衅，印度却表现出了令人钦佩的的隐忍。
• The president-elect says the Guinean people voted calmly and with great maturity despite what he said were many provocations.
  这位总统当选人说，尽管存在他所说的很多挑衅，几内亚人民平静而且很成熟的投了票。
• 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。
• A series of provocations led up to the border war.
  一系列的挑衅事件导致了边境战争的发生。
• 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。
• Some argue that such measures would invite more North Korean provocations and potential escalation of hostilities.
  一些人辩称，这些措施将引起朝鲜更多的挑衅行为，可能导致敌意逐步升级。
• South Korean President Park Geun-hye warned on Monday of 'reckless provocations' by North Korea.
  韩国总统槿惠（ParkGeun-hye）周一对朝鲜可能发动不计后果的挑行为发出警告。
• He hit her after repeated provocations.
  她一次次招惹他，他就打了她。