provocation
英 [,prɒvə'keɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,prɑvə'keʃən]
英英释意
- 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"
