provocation

provocation

英 [,prɒvə'keɪʃ(ə)n]
　　美 [,prɑvə'keʃən]

n. 挑釁；激怒；挑撥

中文詞源：

provocation 挑釁，激怒

來自provoke,挑釁，激怒，-ation,名詞後綴。

例句：

1. Her plea of guilty to manslaughter through provocation was rejected.
她因受到挑釁而過失殺人的有罪答辯被駁回。

2. The Deputy Commander has condemned this weekend's protest as deliberate provocation.
副指揮官譴責本周末的抗議活動是蓄意挑釁。

3. The soldiers fired without provocation.
士兵無緣無故就開槍瞭。

4. He reacted violently only under provocation .
隻因為被激怒，他才暴力相向。

5. Jack would not have hit the boy without provocation.
如果不是那個男孩挑釁,傑克是不會打他的.