1、show up

(使)清晰;(使)变得明显;(使)显现出来

You may have some strange disease that may not show up for 10 or 15 years.

你可能患有某种 10 年或者 15 年都看不出什么症状来的怪病。

The orange tip shows up well against most backgrounds.

橙色的尖端在大多数背景下都很醒目。

使难堪;使尴尬;使丢脸

He wanted to teach her a lesson for showing him up in front of Leonov.

她在列昂诺夫面前让他难堪，他要教训她一通。

She kept saying I ought to try some, but I wasn't going to show myself up.

她一直说我应该尝一尝，但我可不想丢人。

2、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。