provoke
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(a) [Tn] make (sb) angry or annoyed 激怒(某人); 惹(某人)气恼
I am not easily provoked, but this behaviour is intolerable! 我这人不爱生气, 但是这种行为使人忍无可忍!
If you provoke the dog, it will bite you. 你招惹那条狗, 它会咬你的.
(b) [Tn.pr, Cn.t]
~ sb into doing sth/to do sth cause sb to react to sth esp by making him angry 使某人对某事物作出反应(尤指使用刺激手段)
His behaviour finally provoked her into leaving him. 他把她气得终於离开了他.
He was provoked by their mockery to say more than he had intended. 他受到他们嘲笑恼羞成怒, 说了一些过头的话.
2 [Tn] cause (sth) to occur or arouse (a feeling, etc) 使(某事物)产生; 引起(某种感情等)
provoke laughter, riots, smiles, violence 引起大笑、 暴乱、 微笑、 暴力行为.
It's quite simple. You put a very hot, wet cloth on your shoulder for one minute. Then put a packet of frozen peas on the shoulder for one minute. And so on and so on.
很简单。你把一块很热的湿布敷在肩膀上一分钟。然后把一包冻豌豆敷在肩膀上一分钟。这样反复几次。
He explained that he had tried to fix the air-line to the supply line that ran round the port but could not because the fittings did not match.