provoke中等

provoke a painful technological revolution.

引发一场痛苦的技术革命。

The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified outrage in Vermont last week when it announced it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the state's strict nuclear regulations.

这家公司是新英格兰地区的主要能源供应商，上周它宣布将违背遵守佛蒙特州严格核能法规的长期承诺，在该州激起了理所当然的愤慨。

Second, novelty itself frequently provokes disbelief.

第二，新颖性本身常常引起怀疑。

Unhappy parents rarely are provoked to wonder if they shouldn't have had kids, but unhappy childless folks are bothered with the message that children are the single most important thing in the world: obviously their misery must be a direct result of the gaping baby-size holes in their lives.

不幸福的父母很少会被激得去想自己是否本不该生孩子，而不幸福的无子女者却总被这样的说法所困扰：孩子是世界上唯一最重要的东西，显然他们的痛苦必定直接源于生活中缺了孩子而留下的巨大空洞。

a thought-provoking idea.

一种发人深省的想法。