"the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"
1.挑衅；煽动；刺激；激怒
If you describe a person's action asprovocation or aprovocation, you mean that it is a reason for someone else to react angrily, violently, or emotionally.
e.g. He denies murder on the grounds ofprovocation...
他否认激情杀人。
e.g. The soldiers fired withoutprovocation...
士兵无缘无故就开枪了。
1. 挑衅：例如在英美刑法中有一个阻却谋杀罪(murder)刑事责任的事由:挑衅(provocation). 根据这一事由,那些谋杀行为是由于挑衅而暂时失去控制能力情况可以排除其谋杀之责,而将其罪名减轻为一般杀人(manslaughter). 什么情况下构成挑衅是一个可能经常变化的问题,
2. 刺激：她成了第四频道的特别节目<>(provocation)的明星人物. 1996年,BBC电台播出了题目叫<>(KillingMeSoftly)的纪实剧. 当然,这并不是什么新闻了. 这已经不是第一次杀死丈夫的女人成了名人. 换句话说,
3. 激发：provisional cortex 临时皮质 |provocation 激发 |provocation background 诱发背景
稍一激他，他就大发脾气。
She sometimes angers with little or no provocation.她有时无缘无故就生气。
They did not react to this provocation.他们对这一挑衅未作反应。
He hit her after repeated provocations.她一次次招惹他，他就打了她。
He reacted violently only under provocation .只因为被激怒，他才暴力相向。
The terrorists can strike at any time without provocation .恐怖分子可能无缘无故地随时袭击。
She bursts into tears at the slightest provocation .稍一招惹，她就会大哭起来。
So far the police have refused to respond to their provocations.截至目前为止，警方并未对他们的挑衅作出反应。
He denies murder on the grounds of provocation...他否认激情杀人。
The soldiers fired without provocation...士兵无缘无故就开枪了。
They did not react to this provocation.他们对这一挑衅未作反应.
Tessio refused to be silenced. ' Everybody knows Barzini gave you provocation since then.忒希奥忍不住还要发言: “ 自从讲和以来,巴茨尼一直在挑衅,这是人所共知的.
Jack would not have hit the boy without provocation.如果不是那个男孩挑衅,杰克是不会打他的.
Nothing can be offered now to reward Pyongyang for its deliberate provocation.如今,由于平壤的蓄意挑衅,因此不能向其提供任何奖励.
He keeps his temper despite the provocation.他虽被挑激,但仍忍住怒气.
She would light into anyone with the slightest provocation.谁稍微惹恼了她,她就会把谁大骂一顿.
You should never hit children, even under extreme provocation.就算你非常恼火, 也绝不能打孩子.
He would whomp the kids at the slightest provocation.他动不动就打孩子.
She sometimes angers with little or no provocation.她有时无缘无故就生气.
Their insulting remarks were a provocation.他们侮辱人的话使人愤怒.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak says the ship is an unnecessary provocation.以色列国防部长巴拉克指出,这条船是在进行无谓的挑衅.
For a dreamer of hardness in its essence, granite is a particular kind of provocation.对于坚硬本质的梦想者, 大理石是一种特别的挑衅.
She angers with little or no provocation.她无缘无故就发怒.
He stayed cool despite my provocation.就算是有我的挑衅,他还是保持冷静.
She would be calm, no matter what the provocation.无论受到怎样的挑衅,她都能镇定自若.
Twelve years ago, Iraq invaded Kuwait without provocation.十二年前, 伊拉克无缘无故侵占科威特.
Surely mockers are with me , And my eye gazes on their provocation.伯17:2真有戏笑我的在我这里 、 眼常见他们惹动我.
They sting or bite without provocation.它们无缘无故又叮又咬.
He is a patient man, but not even he could under that kind of provocation.他是一个能忍耐的人, 但就连他也没法忍受那种挑衅了.
He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.他是火爆性子,一点就着.
Yet fears remain at the slightest provocation the violence could start again.然而,让人感到恐惧的是,只需一点点的挑衅行为,暴乱又会重新开始.
We must resist that provocation and I want all our people briefed to that effect.我们必须抵制这种挑衅,我要求把这一点对我们所有的人讲清楚.
Fly into a rage at the slightest provocation.为了一点小事就大发脾气.
She was a woman upon whose action under provocation you could never count.她是那种惹恼了什么都干得出来的女人.
