provoke
معنی فارسی
انگيختن تحريک کردن وادار کردن خشمگين شدن برافروختن رنجانيدن
معنی کامل و مثالها
/prō vōk´, prǝ-/vt.
● برانگیختن، انگیزاندن، تحریک کردن، پیشانگیز کردن، ایجاد کردن، (دعوا و غیره) دامن زدن، شوراندن
thought provoking
تفکر انگیز
to provoke a fight between two dogs
دو سگ را به جنگ هم انداختن
to provoke vomiting by fingering the throat
با انگشت زدن به سق استفراغ ایجاد کردن
● خشمگین کردن، عصبانی کردن، خشم (کسی را) برانگیختن، بر آشفتن
to provoke Jamshid, he kept on coughing repeatedly
او برای برانگیختن خشم جمشید پیدرپی سرفه میکرد.
I was really provoked by the way he treated us
طرز رفتار او با ما مرا واقعا بر آشفت.
● (با تحریک و تهییج بهکاری) واداشتن، وادار کردن
● ایجاد کردن، به وجود آوردن، باعث شدن، موجب شدن
to provoke jeaiousy
موجب حسادت شدن
to provoke a smile
باعث لبخند شدن
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Late Middle English (also in the sense ‘challenge to a duel’): from Old French provoquer, from Latin provocare ‘challenge’, from pro- ‘forth’ + vocare ‘to call’.
مثال
- The decision provoked a storm of protest from civil rights organizations.
- I didn't mean to provoke him into hitting me.
- The new law provoked a great deal of criticism.
ترکیبهای رایج
Provoke a reaction Provoke a response Provoke anger Provoke a fight
تعریف انگلیسی
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) “arouse pity” “raise a smile” “evoke sympathy” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something”
- evoke or provoke to appear or occur “Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Something ----s something”
- provide the needed stimulus for “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s somebody” “Something ----s somebody” “Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE” “They provoke him to write the letter”
- annoy continually or chronically “He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked” “This man harasses his female co-workers” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s somebody” “Something ----s somebody” “The performance is likely to provoke Sue”
مترادفها
verb active
1. Excite, stimulate, arouse, rouse, awaken, incite, move, kindle, inflame, animate, instigate, impel, stir up, work up, induce.
2. Exasperate, incense, enrage, chafe, vex, aggravate, anger, irritate, exacerbate, nettle, offend, affront, infuriate, give offence or umbrage to, put out, put out of humor, work into a passion, raise one's ire, make one's blood boil.
3. Cause, promote, occasion, instigate, call forth, produce.