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TOEFL BNC: 9996 COCA: 12608

provocation

Word family 
prov·o·ca·tion /ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃən $ ˌprɑː-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]  
CAUSEan action or event that makes someone angry or upset, or is intended to do this 激怒；挑衅；挑衅性事件 → provoke
without provocation
 She claims that Graham attacked her without any provocation.
她声称格雷厄姆无故攻击她。
 He was accused of deliberate provocation.
他被指责故意挑衅。
 Julie has a tendency to burst into tears at the slightest provocation.
只要稍一招惹朱莉，她就会大哭起来。
Examples from the Corpus
provocation• But Didion is interested in root causes, not in immediate provocations.• Thus, if the mandatory penalty were abolished, it would be sufficient to take account of provocation when sentencing for murder.• Horbury denies murder on grounds of provocation.• Although there was no question of rising to it, the means of provocation were ingenious.• I shall recommend ways of keeping cool in the face of severe provocation.• Keyes refused to speculate on either the provocations or the order of the deaths.• But much of it was due to provocation from the students whose ranks had been infiltrated by revolutionaries seeking a violent reaction.• Carter claims that she attacked him without provocation.
deliberate provocation• He knew that Sharpe's insults were more than mere anger, but a deliberate provocation to a duel.• We are virtually certain that this incident was a deliberate provocation.• The company's been accused of deliberate provocation.
prov·o·ca·tion noun
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TOEFL BNC: 9996 COCA: 12608
provocation

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF PROVOCATION | VERB + PROVOCATION | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤extreme極端的挑釁➤deliberate蓄意挑釁... OF PROVOCATION➤element有些挑釁的成分◇The victim's conduct had involved an element of provocation.受害者的行為有些挑釁的成分。VERB + PROVOCATION➤respond to對挑釁作出反應➤constitute (law法律) 構成挑釁◇Words alone can constitute provocation.言語本身就能構成挑釁。PREPOSITION➤under provocation被激怒◇The crime was committed under provocation.該罪行是被激怒後犯下的。◇The defendant was not acting under provocation.被告並非是在被激怒的情況下做出此舉動的。➤without provocation沒有受到挑釁◇She attacked him without provocation.她無緣無故地就攻擊他。PHRASES➤at the slightest provocation稍一招惹◇He would lose his temper at the slightest provocation.只要稍有招惹，他就大發脾氣。
TOEFL BNC: 9996 COCA: 12608
TOEFL BNC: 9996 COCA: 12608
provocation
Causes: cause, catalyst, source...

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