Has to be? Has to be? I hope you're being deliberately provocative.

一定要这样吗？一定要吗？我希望你只是在故煽动和挑拨。

The painting is provocative (what makes it art? ), but also visually arresting.

这幅油画存在一些争议（有人认为它算不上是艺术），但确实引人注目。

But the country never took any provocative action in response.

但是这个国家从未以任何挑衅行动还以颜色。

It is at this point that the book becomes provocative.

正是在这一点上，这本书变得有争议性。

Some of these ideas are provocative, contrarian, and even dangerous.

其中一些观点具有挑衅性、、甚至是危险的。

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the launches would be provocative.

美国国务卿迈克·佩奥表示，发射航天火箭的行为极具挑衅性。

Holding the referendum in disputed areas is particularly provocative and destabilizing.

在有争议的地区举行公投尤为具有挑衅性，会破坏地区稳定。

That is a provocative point, but predictions without dates are easy.

这明显是一个挑衅性的观点，但没有给出年代的预测往往很简单。

And the people claiming anything other than a binary gender are just being provocative.

而那些声称自己不是二元性别的人（非二元性）只是在挑衅。

A researcher at Africa Check, Kate Wilkinson, warns against provocative statements and misleading data.

“非洲检查”组织的研究员凯特? 威尔金森对挑衅性言论和误导性数据进行了警告。

He will discuss with Japan how to address the DPRK's provocative actions.

他将同日本商议如何解决朝鲜的激进行为。

We do that in a provocative sort of way, so it looks like Nigella.

这样倒看起来比较棒 比较像柰吉拉。

Russia's Foreign Ministry has called it unfriendly and provocative and promised to retaliate.

俄罗斯外交部称各国的行为极不友好，带有挑衅味，并承诺要给予回击。

“Honey Money”, Catherine Hakim's provocative book, is a different kettle of fish.

凯瑟琳? 哈金挑起争议的著作《甜蜜的金钱》则有截然不同的观点。

Use intriguing, provocative questions to identify why something doesn't make sense and needs explaining.

提一些耐人寻味，引人入胜的问题让大家发现有些事情 不理，需要解释。

The Defense Ministry says the fly-over by a pair of Japanese planes is dangerous and provocative.

国防部表示，日本两架飞机飞越防空识别区是危险行为也是挑衅行为。

There have been a number of military incidents that American officials have called unsafe or provocative.

美国官员所说的不安全的或挑衅式的军事事件还有很多。

In recent days, we have witnessed even more provocative activity by the IRGC and navy vessels.

近日，我方还目睹了其他挑衅性行为。

If a missile were launched that would be seen in Washington as a highly provocative act.

如果发射导弹，那么美国将会视为挑衅行为。

Well any absence of provocative behavior or unhelpful rhetoric is a good thing in this case.

在这种情况下没有任何挑衅行为或无益的华丽文词是一件好事。