1·The announcement provoked a storm of protest.
这个声明激起了抗议的风潮。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·That trait, and the tension that it provoked between the two men, is evident from the time they meet at school.
自艾伦和盖茨在学校相识之日起，这种特征以及由它在两人间激起的紧张关系便一目了然。
3·But the IT industry, unlike aviation, has not provoked the wrath of environmental campaigners.
但IT产业并没有像航空工业一样激起环保运动的盛怒。
4·But where devolving forest rights provoked local conflict, as quite often happens, the forest usually suffered.
但当下放森林权利激起地方冲突时(这是经常发生的)，森林通常会遭受损失。
5·The exorbitant tolls, rather than the man's bad behavior, provoked a storm of public reaction.
但真正激起公众强烈反应的是天价过路费，而不是的此人的不法行为。
1·The proposal has provoked howls of Gallic indignation.
这项提议已经激起了法国人愤怒的吼声。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Dr Hwang provoked a flurry of excitement a year ago when he published a paper in Science that claimed to have cloned human embryos from embryonic stem cells.
一年前，黄博士在《科学》杂志上发表论文，宣称他已使用胚胎干细胞克隆出了人类胚胎，这在当时激起了一片兴奋。
3·The ruling provoked a firestorm.
这一裁决激起了强烈反响。
4·Her actions have received global media coverage and provoked outrage in Egypt, a conservative Muslim country where most women wear the veil.
她的行为被全球各大媒体报道，同时，这也激起了埃及的愤怒。
5·Nonetheless, the threat of the enemy provoked numerous changes on Coruscant in the name of increased security.
不过，敌人的威胁还是在科洛桑激起了许多以加强安全为名的变化。
1·The lawyer claimed his client was provoked into acts of violence by the defendant.
律师声称，他的当事人是受到被告的挑衅才采取暴力行动的。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·The barb can deliver a lethal blow even to humans, but incidents are extremely rare. Stingrays are fairly docile and typically strike only when provoked.
另外，刺鳐的尾部还有一根锋利有毒的尾刺，可以用来恫吓潜在的威胁者，其致命一击的能力甚至让人类也感到胆寒，不过这种攻击案例极为罕见，它们的性格相当温顺，只有在被挑衅时才会进行反击。