Tom's rudeness provoked the man to strike him.
汤姆的粗鲁惹得那个男子揍了他。
Don't provoke me to anger.
别招我生气。
1. His rude remarks provoked anger from the audience.他的粗鲁的评论激起了在场群众的愤怒。
2. The dog's barking provokes the neighbors' complaints.狗的吠叫引起邻居的投诉。
3. These issues need to be addressed to avoid provoking confrontations.这些问题需要解决,以避免引发对抗。
The article was intended to provoke discussion。
这篇文章旨在引发讨论
Bispecific antibodies can simultaneously bind two separate and unique antigens, which are protein molecules that can provoke an immune response and that are present on the surface of invading or cancerous cells.
双特异性抗体可以同时结合两种单独且独特的抗原，这两种抗原是可以引发免疫反应的蛋白质分子，存在于入侵或癌细胞的表面。
Faced with US actions against China, Le said the country's guiding principles are very clear: China does not provoke, and China will not flinch from provocations.
Amid intense competing for attention, some streamers and video providers have resorted to provoking content while service operators have indulged them due to clicks and advertisements.
"In the hope of seeking profits for himself, Zhou issued a statement to provoke a disturbance and misguide users.
The index report aims to provoke consensus on the sustainable development of the global industry and provides city managers with a basis and benchmark for overall decision-making, the researchers said.
That also enables relying on market, technological and nongovernmental forces to defeat extremists who want to provoke a new cold war with their decoupling attempts.
"Surging U. S. inflation could provoke faster-than-anticipated financial tightening, perhaps timely in the United States but "too early" in many East Asia and Pacific countries where recovery is "incomplete," according to the report.
"The policy adjustments and optimizations are expected to stabilize the real estate industry, meet rational housing demand of residents without provoking speculation, and inject growth momentum into the demand chains alongside the real estate industry, including that for raw materials, furnishing and household items," he added.
Having raked in 3.5 billion yuan till now, Lost in the Stars — a crime thriller that follows the story of a man searching for his missing wife during an overseas trip — has been on top of the summer season charts with its storyline provoking deep contemplation about marriage and female friendship.
"Christian Wolmar, a leading railway commentator and author of more than a dozen transport books, added: "As Siemens and Alstom already dominate Europe's rail market, such a merger could provoke other smaller rail players to merge in order to compete, and that will significantly reduce choices in this market.
The direct impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic is likely to be relatively small, but the impact on the already very fragile Italian economy is likely to provoke another Eurozone financial crisis.
China called on all parties involved in the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue to refrain from provoking each other and raising tension.
- The APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, slated for November in the United States this year, is supposed to be a stage for promoting cooperation, instead of a wrestling ground for provoking confrontations, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday.
The general criminal charge of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" should be further specified in order to better protect people's legitimate rights and promote the rule of law, experts said.
Under a judicial interpretation issued by the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate in 2013, it stipulated that those provoking trouble for thrill-seeking or venting emotion could be identified as "making trouble at will".
In 2021, when the law was amended, legislators clarified that loan sharks will be convicted of illegally collecting debts, not provoking trouble, if they use violent means, or threaten, follow or harass others in their collections.
Luo Xiang, a criminal law professor at China University of Political Science and Law, noted in an article he published on his WeChat account early this month that the concept of provoking trouble needs to be fixed.