If you describe something as provocative, you mean that it is intended to make people react angrily or argue against it.
He has made a string of outspoken and sometimes provocative speeches in recent years.
他最近几年做了一系列直言不讳、有时含有挑衅意味的演说。
If you describe someone's clothing or behaviour as provocative, you mean that it is intended to make someone feel sexual desire.
Some adolescents might be more sexually mature and provocative than others.
有些青少年可能比其他人在性方面更成熟、更具挑逗性。