provoking
present participle ofprovoke
| 单词 | provoking |
| 释义 | provoking present participle ofprovoke provoke verb[T] uk/prəˈvəʊk/us/prəˈvoʊk/provokeverb[T](CAUSE REACTION)C2 tocauseareaction,especiallyanegativeone: Theprospectofincreasedpriceshas already provoked anoutcry. Testresultsprovokedworriesthat thereactorcouldoverheat.
Causing things to happen
provokeverb[T](MAKE ANGRY)C2 to make ortryto make apersonor ananimalangry: It was a vicious-lookingdogand I didn'twantto provoke it. He wasclearlytryingto get at me but Irefusedto be provoked. I was provokedintotheargument. Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
Examplesofprovokingprovoking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The work itself exhibits elements of the recentprovokingoccasion as well as of the old memory. From theCambridge English Corpus At the same time, he also displayed characteristic political cunning, knowing just how far he could go withoutprovokinga destructive counter-reaction. From theCambridge English Corpus In terms of the social information processing variables, attributions of sorrow toprovokingpeers were a positive predictor of physical victimization. From theCambridge English Corpus The real-time heat of live performing is an especially handy crucible for raising awareness andprovokingpeople to action. From theCambridge English Corpus Structures are important ways of articulating ideas, or ofprovokingideas. From theCambridge English Corpus There is some suggestion that these forces areprovokinga move away from the gender regime associated with conservative-capitalist welfare states. From theCambridge English Corpus In some villages, one candidacy was so weak that its supporters refrained fromprovokingany fight. From theCambridge English Corpus The chapters generally aim to and succeed in presenting some novel angle, addressing some important phenotypic question, orprovokingreconsideration of our assumptions. From theCambridge English Corpus It has been proposed that adverse life events involving loss or humiliation are particularly potent inprovokingdepressive episodes. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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