vt.　激起；惹怒 rouse or incite; make angry

　～ constantly　不断地激怒
　～ deliberately〔intentionally〕　故意地激怒
　～ disagreeably　不平等地激怒
　～ foolishly　愚蠢地激怒
　～ greatly　大大地激怒
　～ seriously　严肃地惹怒
　～ uncommonly　不平常地激怒
　～ at　因…激怒
　～ beyond　激怒得…
　～ into　迫使
　～ to　激起

　If you provoke the dog, it will attack you.　如果你去招惹那只狗，它就会咬你。
　The insult provoked him.　侮辱激怒了他。
　Her constant nagging provoked him.　她不断地唠叨激怒了他。
　His foolish behaviour provoked laughter.　他的愚蠢的举止引人发笑。
　Don't throw one bone to two dogs; you'll only provoke a fight.　不要把这块骨头扔给那两只狗，那样你会引起一场争斗。
　He was provoked beyond endurance.　他被激得怒不可遏。
　The man was provoked by the insult.　那个男人被侮辱激怒了。
　His refusal to answer provoked me to shout at him.　他拒绝回答气得我大声叫嚷。
　They were trying to provoke us to fight with each other.　他们企图惹起我们相互争斗。
　She was provoked to slap him by his rudeness.　他粗暴无礼，惹得她打了他一记耳光。

 ♣ provoke into　(v.+prep.)
　驱使，迫使　cause or compel sb
　His impudence provoked her into slapping his face.　他的粗暴让她气愤地给了他一耳光。
　She provoked him into beating her.　她迫使他揍她。

 ♣ provoke, excite, galvanize, pique, quicken, stimulate
　这组词都可表示“激起某人或引发某事”。其区别是：provoke强调激发动作或感情的原因；excite除了指激起感情或兴趣等之外，还暗示其原因的性质和动作的强烈或深刻程度；galvanize指用人工方法来激活衰老、僵硬或濒死的人或物；pique指激起好奇心、兴趣等；quicken指激发活力、生气或使生命、感情等复苏，强调其结果是有益的；stimulate专指人或物因外界因素而受到刺激，也指激励人从懒散、心灰意冷中振作起来或对某事物产生兴趣。

　provoke　后面接带to的不定式和带to的介词短语用作补语，要注意分清。请比较：