be provocative

基本解释

"It's not our desire to be provocative, "says a White House official.
一名白宫官员说：“我们并不想惹是生非。
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，像本周所发生的一切，我们行使现行的规定协议，这么做不是挑衅什么或是推行什么自讨苦吃的贸易保护主义。
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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.
白宫新闻秘书托尼“斯诺说，“让我这么说吧，朝鲜人他们毫不掩饰对国际社会作出挑衅的渴望。”
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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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