provoke [pr?'v??k]?

v. 驅(qū)使；激怒；煽動(dòng)

A?French court has ruled in favour of a cockerel owner after her bird's early morning crowing?provoked?a noise pollution complaint from neighbours.
一只小公雞的主人因清晨雞鳴聲造成的噪音污染被鄰居控告，但之后法國(guó)法院做出了有利于雞主人的判決。

Maurice, who roosts on the picturesque isle of Oléron off the Atlantic coast, was accused of disturbing a retired couple who own a holiday home nearby.
莫里斯住在大西洋海岸風(fēng)景如畫的奧樂倫島上，他被住在附近度假屋的一對(duì)退休夫婦控告妨礙他人休息。

News of his legal troubles flew around the world, gaining him a flock of supporters.
有關(guān)他的法律糾紛的新聞傳遍全球，有很多人都表示支持他。

His owner, Corinne Fesseau, was cock-a-hoop at news of the ruling.
他的主人科琳·菲索在得知判決消息后非常高興。

"It's a victory for everyone in the same situation as me. I hope it will set a precedent for them," she was quoted by AFP news agency as saying.
“這對(duì)于所有與我有相同處境的人來說都是一場(chǎng)勝利。我希望這會(huì)為他們開創(chuàng)先例，”法新社援引她的話道。

At a hearing in July, her lawyers had argued the complaint was ridiculous because crowing roosters were part of country life.
在七月的一場(chǎng)聽證會(huì)上，她的律師主張，該控訴很荒謬，因?yàn)楣u打鳴是鄉(xiāng)村生活的一部分。

Ms Fesseau, who has lived on Oléron for 35 years, would have had to move or somehow silence Maurice if the judge had ruled against her.
菲索女士在奧樂倫生活了35年，如果法官做出了不利于她的判決，她不得不搬家或設(shè)法讓莫里斯閉嘴。

She now will be given €1,000 (￡900; $1,100) in damages from the plaintiffs instead, her lawyer said on Thursday.
周四她的律師表示，如今她將從原告那里獲得1000歐元（900英鎊，1100美元）的賠償。

The legal battle involving the bird saw a "Save Maurice" petition garner 140,000 online signatures.
在這場(chǎng)關(guān)于這只公雞的法律糾紛中，一份“拯救莫里斯”的請(qǐng)?jiān)笗诰W(wǎng)上獲得了14萬個(gè)簽名。

The four-year-old has become a celebrity of sorts in France, where the Gallic Cockerel is one of the national emblems.
從某種意義上來說，四歲的莫里斯在法國(guó)已經(jīng)出名了，而且這種高盧公雞是法國(guó)國(guó)徽的標(biāo)志之一。?

Merchandise has been made in his honour and letters of support have come from as far away as the United States, according to one foreign?news agency.
據(jù)外媒報(bào)道，已經(jīng)有以他的名義做成的商品了，而且支持他的信件還有來自遙遠(yuǎn)的美國(guó)的。

The high-profile case is considered an illustration of the growing tension between residents living in rural France and those moving to escape city life.
人們認(rèn)為，這起備受關(guān)注的案子說明，生活在法國(guó)農(nóng)村的居民與那些逃離城市生活的人之間的緊張關(guān)系日益加劇。

"This is the height of intolerance - you have to accept local traditions," Christophe Sueur, the mayor in Ms Fesseau's village, told AFP.
菲索所在的村莊的村長(zhǎng)克里斯托弗·蘇埃爾告訴法新社，“這是極度的不容忍行為，你必須接受當(dāng)?shù)氐膫鹘y(tǒng)?！?/div>

The mayor of another town, Bruno Dionis du Sejour, wrote an open letter in May calling for the sounds of rural life - including cows mooing and church bells - to be inscribed on France's heritage list to protect them against such complaints.
另一個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)的市長(zhǎng)布魯諾·迪奧諾斯·杜塞若于五月份寫了一封公開信，呼吁把牛叫聲和教堂鐘聲等鄉(xiāng)村生活的聲音納入法國(guó)遺產(chǎn)名錄以保護(hù)它們免受這樣的投訴。

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今日詞匯

provoke?[pr?'v??k]?

v. 驅(qū)使；激怒；煽動(dòng)

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They are armed and ready to shoot if provoked.
他們手里有槍，受到挑釁會(huì)隨時(shí)開槍。

I provoked him into doing something really stupid.
在我的刺激下他做了件非常愚蠢的事。