provocation — Английский словарь

Существительное

1. The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.

   Употребление

   • исчисляемое
   • неисчисляемое

2. Something that provokes; a provocative act.

   Употребление

   • исчисляемое
   • неисчисляемое

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (1)

   The Salzburg Festival stunned the musical world by hiring him to succeed the hallowed Herbert von Karajan, and Mr. Mortier spent the 1990s there scandalizing many of its tradition-minded, well-heeled opera patrons, the most notorious provocation being a production of Johann Strauss’s “Fledermaus” laced with cocaine and fornication and aimed at Austria’s far-right political forces.

3. The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.

   Употребление

   • исчисляемое
   • неисчисляемое

   Примеры

   When it's time to check for provocation, ask the patient about what makes their chief complaint better or worse.

Существительное

1. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment

   Синонимы

   aggravationirritation

   Более общие понятия

   aggression

2. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action

   Синонимы

   incitementincitation

   Более общие понятия

   psychic energymental energy

3. needed encouragement

   Синонимы

   incitement

   Более общие понятия

   encouragement

   Примеры

   the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation