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provokevt.
1. call forth,cause. give rise to,induce唤起，引起，导致，引诱。
△R.III.1.2.60: “Thy deed inhuman andunnatural / Provokes this deluge most unnatural.”你那惨无人道而伤天害理的行为引起了这种极不正常的鲜血泛滥。
△Lr.4.4.13:“that to provoke in him”，要引起他安眠。
2. arouse,urge on. incite 激起，怂恿，刺激。
△Gent.26.4: “And ev’n that power. which gave me first myoath,/ Provokes me to this threefold perjury.”就是当初使我发誓的那股力量，现在却在鼓动去做这三重背誓的行为。
△Wiv.2.3.72 (70):“And I will provoke him to't,orlet him wag.”我要鼓动他这样做，否则就让他走开。
△As.1.3.113(110): “Beauty provoketh thieves sooner thangold.”美貌比金钱更容易招引贼人。
△Ham.2.2.3:“Theneed we have to use you did provoke / Our hasty send-ing. ” 现在我有需要你们帮忙之处，因此急急把你们召来。
△R.III.1.2.97: “I was provoked by her slanderoustongue,/ That laid their guilt upon my guiltless shoul-ders.”我是受了她那毁谤的言语所刺激，她把他们的罪过都推到我这无罪的肩膀上了。
△R.III.2.2.20:“for my good un-cle Gloucester / Told me the King,provoked to it bythe Queen,/ Devised impeachments to imprisonhim；”因为我的好叔叔葛罗斯特告诉我国王，在王后挑唆之下，捏造罪名把他监禁起来。
3. agitate. induce (...to quiver) 使不安，引起(…颤动)。
△2H.VI.4.7.98 (93):“The palsy,and not fear. pro-vokes me. ”是瘫痪，而不是恐惧，引起我颤抖。
4. rouse to anger,incense激怒，使发怒。
△H.VIII.3.2288 (287): “Your goodness. / Since you provoke me.shall be most notorious.”既然你激起了我的愤慨，我就要让你这种美德臭名远扬。
5. drive,impel驱动，推动。
△1H.VI.5.5.5:“And,likeas rigour of tempestuous gusts / Provokes the mighti-est hulk against the tide.”正像阵阵猛烈的风暴把一艘巨大的船推向狂涛怒浪。
～ vb. refl. cause,seek,impel 促使，试图，驱使。
△2H.IV.1.3.95: “Thou,beastly feeder,art so fullof him,/ That thou provokest thyself to cast himup.”你们，狼吞虎咽的人，对他腻了，现在又想把他呕吐出来。 |