provocation
英 [,pr?v?'ke??(?)n]
美[,prɑv?'ke??n]
英英釋意
- 1. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
- 2. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
- 3. needed encouragement;
- "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"
