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。
