| 词汇 | unprovoked |
| 释义 | unprovoked adjective uk /ˌʌn.prəˈvəʊkt/ us /ˌʌn.prəˈvoʊkt/ If an unpleasant action or remark is unprovoked, it has not been caused by anything and is therefore unfair: （令人不快的言行）无端的，无缘无故的 an unprovoked attack on her character对她人格的无端攻击 Synonym motiveless Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly ableism ableist agism agist Anglocentric discrimination discriminative discriminatorily discriminatory drumhead one-sided one-sidedly one-sidedness one-way the old school tie tokenize two-tier unbalance unequal unequally unprovoked | American Dictionaryunprovoked adjective us/ˌən·prəˈvoʊkt/ (esp. of an unpleasant action or remark) not caused by anything and therefore unfair: Witnesses said the attack was unprovoked. Examples of unprovokedunprovoked Human exposure through biting incidents, especially unprovoked attacks, should be treated immediately with rabies post-exposure treatment and the bat, where possible, retained for laboratory analysis. This interpretation is rendered less persuasive by the fact that cross-sectional studies of impulsive aggression to date have measured subjects in an unprovoked state. This she attempted to do by producing two female witnesses to an act of extreme violence, which, because no context is described, appears to be both unprovoked and irrational. It is a totally unprovoked curb on free speech. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a completely unprovoked attack and the child and school staff had no way of knowing that the animal would enter the school. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was an unprovoked attack, which we must condemn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We read of "unprovoked attack and aggression"and"flagrant breaches of treaty," and then all the necessary machinery will come into operation when these incidents occur. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Can we in these humiliating circumstances afford to acquiesce in deliberate, unprovoked and, from every point of view, unjustifiable attacks on peaceful merchant shipping? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were subjected to an unprovoked and brutal attack by a tyrant but did not strike back. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The indiscriminate and unprovoked use of military force has caused the death or injury of thousands of students and other innocent civilians. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a question of its being unprovoked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would enhance the dangers that similar, unprovoked aggressions could occur in other parts of the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This act of aggression—unprovoked, illegal and unforgivable—must be reversed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no evidence in his report that an act of unprovoked aggression would have been prevented had we acted differently at the time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our guarantee was against unprovoked aggression and not the crystallisation of frontiers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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