中文词源
provocation 挑衅，激怒
来自provoke,挑衅，激怒，-ation,名词后缀。
英语词源
- provocation (n.)
- c. 1400, from Old French provocacion (12c.) and directly from Latin provocationem (nominative provocatio) "a calling forth, a summoning, a challenge," noun of action from past participle stem of provocare "to call out" (see provoke).
权威例句
- 1. Her plea of guilty to manslaughter through provocation was rejected.
- 她因受到挑衅而过失杀人的有罪答辩被驳回。
- 2. The Deputy Commander has condemned this weekend's protest as deliberate provocation.
- 副指挥官谴责本周末的抗议活动是蓄意挑衅。
- 3. The soldiers fired without provocation.
- 士兵无缘无故就开枪了。
- 4. He reacted violently only under provocation .
- 只因为被激怒，他才暴力相向。
- 5. Jack would not have hit the boy without provocation.
- 如果不是那个男孩挑衅,杰克是不会打他的.