provoking

🇬🇧/prəˈvəʊkɪŋ/ 🇺🇸/prəˈvoʊkɪŋ/ 48四级六级考研托福GREgmatsat
If you provoke someone, you deliberately annoy them and try to make them behave aggressively. 对…挑衅

adjective [原级]刺激的;令人生气的;激怒人的

This is an entertaining yet thought-provoking film.
这部电影令人捧腹,却又发人深省。

verb [vt. 及物动词]刺激;激怒;挑拨;诱发;鼓动(provoke 的现在分词)

Father's words are so thought-provoking that they still ring in my head.
父亲的话是如此发人深省,以至于这些话仍然在我脑海中回响。

pro(在前) + vok (呼喊) + e → 在前面呼喊 → 激怒; 引起
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