provoking
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you provoke someone, you deliberately annoy them and try to make them behave aggressively. 對…挑釁
He started beating me when I was about fifteen but I didn't do anything to provoke him. 我大約十五歲時，他開始打我，但我并沒有做什么招惹他的事情。
2. V-T If something provokes a reaction, it causes it. 引起
His election success has provoked a shocked reaction. 他的競選勝利已經(jīng)引起了震驚的反應(yīng)。
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