1、provoke
挑衅；煽动；激怒；刺激
He started beating me when I was about fifteen but I didn't do anything to provoke him.
在我快15岁时他开始打我，可我并没有任何招惹他的举动。
I provoked him into doing something really stupid.
在我的刺激下他做了件非常愚蠢的事。
激起；引起
His election success has provoked a shocked reaction.
他的当选引起一片震惊。
The destruction of the mosque has provoked anger throughout the Muslim world.
毁坏清真寺的行为激怒了整个伊斯兰世界。
2、circulate
(文章等)传递，传阅，散发
The document was previously circulated in New York at the United Nations.
这份文件先前在纽约的联合国总部传阅过。
Public employees, teachers and liberals are circulating a petition for his recall.
公务员、教师和自由派人士正在散发请愿书，要求将他召回。
(谣言等)流传;散布
Rumours were already beginning to circulate that the project might have to be abandoned.
已传出谣言说，该项目可能会被迫取消。
I deeply resented those sort of rumours being circulated at a time of deeply personal grief.
我特别憎恨那种在人家伤心透顶的时候还在传播的谣言。
(在密闭场所或系统内)循环，流转，传播
a virus which circulates via the bloodstream and causes ill health in a variety of organs.
通过血液循环传播、造成多种器官病变的病毒
Cooking odors can circulate throughout the entire house.
做饭的香味可以传到家里的各个角落。