汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 挑动
挑动 (挑動)
to entice / to arouse / to provoke
撩拨逗引;拨动。 开挖,疏浚。 挑拨煽动。 指向上掀扬的动作。
tiāo/tiǎo () dòng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

挑动阿拉伯石油涨价,他们永远无法原谅。

And they will never forgive you for provoking the rise in Arab oil prices.

举例来说,在选举辩论中,论点往往会集中于能够挑动选民情绪的社会热点事件和话题。

Debates during an election, for example, tend to highlight hot-button issues and talking points that play to constituents' emotions.

对于反对派,一个甚至更挑动其情绪的议题是有关允许报纸与商业集团在电视台占有多数股份。

For the opposition, an even more emotive issue is a bill that would enable newspapers and business groups to take large stakes in television stations.

在迷惑或者忧虑或者思索的时候,经常会挑动眉毛,这会让“额头上的横向皱纹”,也即通常所说的“忧思纹”,就会出像,看起来就像额头上画了个五线谱。

Lift your brow frequently, in puzzlement or apprehension or thought, and "horizontal forehead creases," the very common "worry lines," will appear and lay like a musical staff across your forehead.