provocative

🇬🇧/prəˈvɒkətɪv/ 🇺🇸/prəˈvɑːkətɪv/
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If you describe something as provocative, you mean that it is intended to make people react angrily or argue against it. 挑衅的

adjective [原级] 挑衅的,煽动性的;挑逗的,激发性欲的;引发思考的,启发性的

He has made a string of outspoken and sometimes provocative speeches in recent years. 他最近几年做了一系列直言不讳的、有时带有挑衅的演说。

noun [抽象名词] 刺激物,挑拨物

The show's a keeper–daring, imaginative and provocative. 这部电影值得收藏–大胆、富于想像力和煽动性。

-voc- voc, vok=call voice,表示“叫喊,声音” provocative adj. 激怒人的,激发人的(pro+voe+ative)
pro(向前) + voc(叫喊) + ative → 向前叫喊的 → 挑衅的
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