1、provoke
挑釁；煽動；激怒；刺激
He started beating me when I was about fifteen but I didn't do anything to provoke him.
在我快15歲時他開始打我，可我并沒有任何招惹他的舉動。
I provoked him into doing something really stupid.
在我的刺激下他做了件非常愚蠢的事。
激起；引起
His election success has provoked a shocked reaction.
他的當選引起一片震驚。
The destruction of the mosque has provoked anger throughout the Muslim world.
毀壞清真寺的行為激怒了整個伊斯蘭世界。
2、circulate
(文章等)傳遞，傳閱，散發
The document was previously circulated in New York at the United Nations.
這份文件先前在紐約的聯合國總部傳閱過。
Public employees, teachers and liberals are circulating a petition for his recall.
公務員、教師和自由派人士正在散發請愿書，要求將他召回。
(謠言等)流傳;散布
Rumours were already beginning to circulate that the project might have to be abandoned.
已傳出謠言說，該項目可能會被迫取消。
I deeply resented those sort of rumours being circulated at a time of deeply personal grief.
我特別憎恨那種在人家傷心透頂的時候還在傳播的謠言。
(在密閉場所或系統內)循環，流轉，傳播
a virus which circulates via the bloodstream and causes ill health in a variety of organs.
通過血液循環傳播、造成多種器官病變的病毒
Cooking odors can circulate throughout the entire house.
做飯的香味可以傳到家里的各個角落。