provocateur
[prə,vɑkə'tɝ]
- n. 破坏分子，煽动者（等于agent provocateur）；奸细，内奸
词态变化
复数: provocateurs;
英文词源
- provocateur (n.)
- 1915 (Emma Goldman), shortened form of agent provocateur "person hired to make trouble" (1845), from French provocateur, from Latin provocator "challenger," from provocare "to call out" (see provoke).
双语例句
- 1. I know full well my reputation as a provocateur, but am not worried.
- 我非常了解我的名声,人们认为我是个破坏分子, 但我并不担心.
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