Provoke

(verb.) provide the needed stimulus for.

(verb.) evoke or provoke to appear or occur; 'Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple'.

录入:奥利维尔

• Herself, said Will, not indisposed to provoke the charming Mrs. Lydgate. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I do not provoke. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I won't provoke my betters with knowledge, thank you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I was determined not to let him provoke me, for Laura Fairlie's sake. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Provoke it, the gypsy said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I provoke thee for myself. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The wealth of the burghers never failed to provoke their envy and indignation, and they plundered them upon every occasion without mercy or remorse. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He provoked the military intervention of Rome. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• His poverty seems particularly to have provoked the scorn of Carlyle. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This provoked the Seventh Crusade, the Crusade of St. Louis, King of France (Louis IX), who was taken prisoner in Egypt and ransomed in 1250. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She was not sure of the nature of the emotions she had provoked. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Richard alone, as if he loved the danger his presence had provoked, rode slowly along the front of the Templars, calling aloud, What, sirs! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• This action of Adrian provoked me. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I was not dreaming, I said, with some warmth, for her brazen coolness provoked me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Don't start when I chance to speak rather sharply; it's so provoking. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Thus did this provoking creature delight in teasing me, and the next half-hour he would seem passionately devoted to me. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Moreover, at this instant, I had good reason to believe the provoking little reptile was actually in the arms of some frail, very frail, French woman. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I have no time to reason with you now; but I consider you provoking. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• You are very cruel, said her sister, you will not let me smile, and are provoking me to it every moment. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• No introduction of the business could have been less like that which Lydgate had intended; but her indifferent manner had been too provoking. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• If I am ever a little provoking, I am sure you'll consider what a thing it is to occupy my position and feel a consciousness of being superior to it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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