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单词 provocatively
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Definition of provocatively in English:

provocatively

adverbprəˈvɒkətɪvliprəˈvɑkədɪvli
  • 1In a way that causes anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately.

    she argued provocatively that business owners should put profit before passion
    a column provocatively titled "Greed Is Bad"
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As artists we enjoy being provocatively inventive, suspicious of authority, and dismissive of the past.
    • There is no need for the country to "over-react" or "act provocatively."
    • Their lengthy essay was provocatively titled "The Death of Environmentalism."
    • He seems, by turns, to be persuasively sophisticated and provocatively direct.
    • Karon provocatively suggested that one cannot teach what one does not know.
    • As leader of the provocatively named Self-Defense Party, he was deemed a demagogue by opponents.
    • What makes the book perhaps provocatively interesting is the unspoken context.
    • Provocatively, the review proposed a four percent increase this year.
    • He accused the company of acting provocatively after his members were warned to stick to company regulations when they return to work tomorrow.
    • It is the responsibility of civil society to defeat these elements, he provocatively declared.
    • He provocatively argues that comprehensive economic sanctions can lead to a restructuring of the renegade regime's ideology.
    • He provocatively asserts that material obstacles to a woman's literary production are far less significant than psychosexual ones.
    • He has theorized biology more provocatively than anyone else in the last three decades.
    • He warns industry about carbon emissions and adds, provocatively: "We should not just stand up for big business, but stand up to big business."
    • In a section provocatively entitled 'Where Marx Got it Wrong', he suggests that the growing complexity of the socioeconomic system will lessen the power of capital over labour.
    1. 1.1 In a manner intended to arouse sexual desire or interest.
      you don't need to dress provocatively to attract attention
      they dance provocatively in skimpy clothes
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Erin may dress provocatively and have little education but she is highly intelligent and hard-working despite her outward appearance.
      • The parenting website helped create the design to reflect the views of parents that children should not dress provocatively at such a young age.
      • The ads feature models provocatively posed at a cemetery.
      • Provocatively dressed women are stationed on street corners, and men who stop to flirt are arrested.
      • A few months previously she had posed provocatively in silk pyjamas for a magazine article.
      • She spins, then provocatively wiggles her hips.
      • The club is a place where women dance and act provocatively specifically to arouse male sexual feelings in an intimate environment.
      • The five lads were gyrating provocatively to a hi-energy back beat.
      • Her head was leaning provocatively on her boyfriend's shoulder.
      • The girls were all dancing provocatively.

Definition of provocatively in US English:

provocatively

adverbprəˈväkədivlēprəˈvɑkədɪvli
  • 1In a way that causes anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately.

    she argued provocatively that business owners should put profit before passion
    a column provocatively titled "Greed is bad.”
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Provocatively, the review proposed a four percent increase this year.
    • What makes the book perhaps provocatively interesting is the unspoken context.
    • It is the responsibility of civil society to defeat these elements, he provocatively declared.
    • He seems, by turns, to be persuasively sophisticated and provocatively direct.
    • He has theorized biology more provocatively than anyone else in the last three decades.
    • In a section provocatively entitled 'Where Marx Got it Wrong', he suggests that the growing complexity of the socioeconomic system will lessen the power of capital over labour.
    • He provocatively argues that comprehensive economic sanctions can lead to a restructuring of the renegade regime's ideology.
    • Karon provocatively suggested that one cannot teach what one does not know.
    • He provocatively asserts that material obstacles to a woman's literary production are far less significant than psychosexual ones.
    • There is no need for the country to "over-react" or "act provocatively."
    • As leader of the provocatively named Self-Defense Party, he was deemed a demagogue by opponents.
    • Their lengthy essay was provocatively titled "The Death of Environmentalism."
    • He warns industry about carbon emissions and adds, provocatively: "We should not just stand up for big business, but stand up to big business."
    • He accused the company of acting provocatively after his members were warned to stick to company regulations when they return to work tomorrow.
    • As artists we enjoy being provocatively inventive, suspicious of authority, and dismissive of the past.
    1. 1.1 In a manner intended to arouse sexual desire or interest.
      you don't need to dress provocatively to attract attention
      they dance provocatively in skimpy clothes
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A few months previously she had posed provocatively in silk pyjamas for a magazine article.
      • The club is a place where women dance and act provocatively specifically to arouse male sexual feelings in an intimate environment.
      • The girls were all dancing provocatively.
      • The ads feature models provocatively posed at a cemetery.
      • Erin may dress provocatively and have little education but she is highly intelligent and hard-working despite her outward appearance.
      • She spins, then provocatively wiggles her hips.
      • Provocatively dressed women are stationed on street corners, and men who stop to flirt are arrested.
      • The five lads were gyrating provocatively to a hi-energy back beat.
      • The parenting website helped create the design to reflect the views of parents that children should not dress provocatively at such a young age.
      • Her head was leaning provocatively on her boyfriend's shoulder.
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