Provoking

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provoke

(a.) Having the power or quality of exciting resentment; tending to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment.

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• Don't start when I chance to speak rather sharply; it's so provoking. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Thus did this provoking creature delight in teasing me, and the next half-hour he would seem passionately devoted to me. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Moreover, at this instant, I had good reason to believe the provoking little reptile was actually in the arms of some frail, very frail, French woman. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I have no time to reason with you now; but I consider you provoking. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• You are very cruel, said her sister, you will not let me smile, and are provoking me to it every moment. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• No introduction of the business could have been less like that which Lydgate had intended; but her indifferent manner had been too provoking. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• If I am ever a little provoking, I am sure you'll consider what a thing it is to occupy my position and feel a consciousness of being superior to it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Nevertheless it was abominably provoking. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• But Greece is not like London, said Crispin, with the intention of provoking the Greek. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The rest of them were nearly as provoking in their different ways as the doctor himself. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• What provoking burr has been inconveniently attracted to the charming skirts, and with difficulty shaken off? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• How provoking you are, said Julia. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• We will,' replied Mr. Grimwig, with a provoking smile; 'we will. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• My dear, said he to his lady, it is very provoking that we should be so few. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Mr. Osborne said, with still provoking good humour. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• You provoking old Gilmore, what can you possibly mean by calling him a man? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It is a most provoking situation, a most absurd situation; but you know Mr Merdle, and are not surprised. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Mr. Woodhouse's peculiarities and fidgetiness were sometimes provoking him to a rational remonstrance or sharp retort equally ill-bestowed. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I am not joking; I am as serious as possible, said the Rector, with a provoking little inward laugh. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• How provoking! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I shook her, I chid her, I pinched her fingers when she tried to put me off with gibes and jests in her queer provoking way, and at last out it came. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Provoking indeed,' said Bella, 'and no burr to boast of! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• You do really try to be provoking, said Marie. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He is ironical, provoking, questioning, the old enemy of the Sophists, ready to put on the mask of Silenus as well as to argue seriously. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Can't you enter into the secret of my temper, said this most provoking little man, in his usual impressive, slow way. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The Patriarchal state, always a state of calmness and composure, was so particularly serene that evening as to be provoking. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It is very provoking! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• It was very provoking to be arrested in the act of a first trying-on, and ordered out to make calls in her best array on a warm July day. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I could not go there by daylight without provoking comment, but as soon as night fell I hurried off to see my dear Arthur. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• It is indeed for Mrs. Jennings; how provoking! 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.

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