It was a provocation.

它是一种挑衅。

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Some residents see this as a provocation.

有些居民认为这是一种挑衅。

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Then he says it’s a tweak, a provocation.

他又说，这是个调整，是种挑衅。

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Regev says it was a provocation, plain and simple.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

Nevertheless, Trotsky's book is a provocation.

但是托洛斯基的书是一个挑衅。

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"The promotion of a gay lifestyle in the streets of Jerusalem, which is the holiest city for the Jewish people, for the other religions - for Muslims,for Christians - it's a provocation".

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

This destruction has been ignored by the world, and certainly not seen as a provocation.

ECONOMIST: Middle East divided

So almost the only plausible interpretation of the planned launch is that it is a provocation.

ECONOMIST: Banyan

Does the United States view that as a provocation, and how should Israel react?

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