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、restraint

限制;制約因素;管制措施

The Prime Minister is calling for new restraints on trade unions.

首相正在呼吁對工會施加新的限制措施。

With open frontiers and lax visa controls, criminals could cross into the country without restraint.

由于邊境開放和簽證管理松懈，罪犯可以毫無限制地進入這個國家。

克制;抑制;遏制

They behaved with more restraint than I'd expected.

他們表現得比我預料的更為克制。

I'll speak to the staff and ask them to exercise restraint and common sense.

我會和員工談一談，要他們加強自制，理智處事。

限制;控制

For a year and a half, wage restraint on a voluntary basis worked.

在一年半的時間里，自愿實行的限薪措施奏效了。

He sued them for restraint of trade and won.

他控告他們實行貿易管制，并且勝訴了。