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单词 provocatively
释义

provocatively

/prəˈvɒkətɪvli /
adverb
1In a way that causes anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately: she argued provocatively that business owners should put profit before passion a column provocatively titled "Greed Is Bad"...
  • He seems, by turns, to be persuasively sophisticated and provocatively direct.
  • Their lengthy essay was provocatively titled "The Death of Environmentalism."
  • In a section provocatively entitled 'Where Marx Got it Wrong', he suggests that the growing complexity of the socioeconomic system will lessen the power of capital over labour.
1.1In a manner intended to arouse sexual desire or interest: you don’t need to dress provocatively to attract attention they dance provocatively in skimpy clothes...
  • She spins, then provocatively wiggles her hips.
  • The club is a place where women dance and act provocatively specifically to arouse male sexual feelings in an intimate environment.
  • Provocatively dressed women are stationed on street corners, and men who stop to flirt are arrested.
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