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unprovoked

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·pro·voked /ˌʌnprəˈvəʊkt◂ $ -ˈvoʊkt◂/ adjective  WRONG/UNJUSTIFIEDunprovoked anger, attacks etc are directed at someone who has not done anything to deserve them 〔愤怒、攻击等〕无端的,无缘无故的 It was a totally unprovoked attack on an innocent man. 那完全是对一名无辜男子的无端袭击。
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unprovokedTroops have been accused of unprovoked aggression against innocent civilians.But if they were used only after proper training and in self-defence, how can that be construed as unprovoked aggression?It was a totally unprovoked attack and in the end the police were prosecuted for assault.The unprovoked attack has left the man critically ill in hospital.A man died in an apparently unprovoked attack in central Oxford last night.Any Rottweiler that makes an unprovoked attack on a human being should be destroyed.Yildiz was killed on the streets of Glasgow last weekend in what is thought to have been an unprovoked racist attack.
un·pro·voked adjectiveChineseSyllable
are someone Corpus who anger, directed not at attacks has etc unprovoked


unprovoked
unprovoked /ˌʌnprəˈvəʊkt◂ $ -ˈvoʊkt◂/ adjective
unprovoked anger, attacks etc are directed at someone who has not done anything to deserve them:
    It was a totally unprovoked attack on an innocent man.


un·pro·vokedBrE /ˌʌnprəˈvəʊkt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌnprəˈvoʊkt/ 🔊 adjective(especially of an attack 尤指攻击) not caused by anything the person being attacked has said or done 未受挑衅的;无端的an act of unprovoked aggression无端的侵犯行为Her angry outburst was totally unprovoked. 她暴跳如雷完全是无理取闹。🔊🔊   see also provoke