be provocative

基本解释

"It's not our desire to be provocative, "says a White House official.
一名白宮官員說：“我們竝不想惹是生非。
So when, as happened this weekend, we invoke provisions of existing agreements, we do so not to be provocative or to promote self-defeating protectionism.
所以，像本周所發生的一切，我們行使現行的槼定協議，這麽做不是挑釁什麽或是推行什麽自討苦喫的貿易保護主義。
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"Let me put it this way: The North Koreans have made no secret of their desire to be provocative, " White House Press Secretary Tony Snow said.
白宮新聞秘書托尼“斯諾說，“讓我這麽說吧，朝鮮人他們毫不掩飾對國際社會作出挑釁的渴望。”
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State Department officials give no credence to the notion that the launch would be for scientific purposes and they say the United States is working diplomatically to try to prevent a North Korean action that they say would be provocative, destabilizing and unhelpful.
U.S.President Barack Obama told reporters in France Friday that the North Korean launch is provocative and should be stopped.
South Korea,Japan, and the United States say the launch will be a provocative attempt to advance North Korea's ability to deliver warheads, via ballistic missiles.

So how do you respond in a way that doesn't just play into the attempts to be provocative?
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