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Provoke French 4868.Provoke 英 Prə'Vəʊk]美 Prə'Vok 释义 Vt

正面 4868.provoke
英 [prə'vəʊk]美 [prə'vok]

背面
释义:
vt. 驱使;激怒;煽动;惹起
例句:
1. If one firm goes under it could provoke a cascade of bankruptcies.如果一家公司倒闭,便有可能引发一连串的破产。

1. 谐音“爆么、爆吗”。
provoke 挑衅,挑逗,激起pro-,向前,-vok,说话,叫喊,词源同voice,invoke.引申词义挑衅,挑逗。
provokeprovoke: see vocationprovoke (v.)late 14c., from Old French provoker, provochier (12c., Modern French provoquer) and directly from Latin provocare "call forth, challenge," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + vocare "to call" (see voice (n.)). Related: Provoked; provoking."

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