One that acts as a provocative stimulus; a goad.
Philip Pullman addresses the apparent separateness of his subject's divinity and humanity in a provocative way.
菲利普?普尔曼则是以一种极为挑衅的方式诠释了主人公的神性与人性两种显著特质.
At first only one newspaper, Hankyoreh, regarded as a provocative gadfly, dared print them.
一开始仅有一家报纸, Hankyoreh,它被认为是一只挑衅的牛虻, 敢于刊登这些指控.
A provocative work that remains a fixture of college reading lists.
She said nothing particularly provocative.