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英语单词“provocateur”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

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单词 provocateur 释义 provocateurnoun[C]uk/pr??v?k.??t??r/us/pro??vɑ?.k??t??/apersonwhointentionallyencouragespeopleto do somethingillegal, usually so that they can bearrested:Was she atrueprogressive, or a provocateurworkingundercover?Communityleadersworryabout far-right provocateurs from anti-immigrantgroups.someone whointentionallycausesargumentsordiscussions, orintentionallymakes otherpeoplefeelangry,offended, oruncomfortable:He is a provocateur notafraidofconfrontinghis ownaudience.
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  • Many on theleftsuspectedat first that thegroupwere provocateurs in thepayof thegovernment.
  • The filmdirectors who arewidelyvaluedtendto becraftsmenratherthan provocateurs.
  • She had areputationas a provocateurbasedon herin-your-facewebsiteandsensationalmemoir.
  • Always a provocateur, he hadoffendedjust about everygroupinsociety.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
International relations: spying and espionage
  • agent
  • agent provocateur
  • anti-bug
  • counter-espionage
  • insider
  • intel
  • intelligence
  • MI5
  • MI6
  • scout
  • shadow
  • snoop
  • spook
  • spy
  • spy onsomeone/something
  • superspy
  • tail
  • tap
  • the CIA
  • tradecraft
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agent provocateur(Definition ofprovocateurfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/provocateur##

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