" Well, " returned Mr. Beresford provokingly. " Which is your favourite picture" ?
“好吧,” 贝雷斯福德先生挑衅地回答。“你最喜欢哪张照片” ?
米德尔马契(一)
Mary was sewing swiftly, and seemed provokingly mistress of the situation.
玛丽正在迅速地缝纫, 似乎是这种情况的女主人。
米德尔马契(二)
" Ah, yes: one of your secret committee, " said Mrs. Cadwallader, provokingly.
“啊,是的:你的一个秘密委员会,”卡德瓦拉德夫人挑衅地说。
无名的裘德(中)
" Well, because it is provokingly wrong. I am a sort of negation of it" .
“好吧,因为它是错误的。我是对它的一种否定” 。
无名的裘德(中)
Looking up from the quilt she pouted provokingly: " If it hadn't been for that, perhaps I would have gone on to the Temperance Hotel, after all, as you proposed; for I was beginning to think I did belong to you" !