They argued that his presence in the town could only stir up trouble.

他们争辩说他在城里出现只会搅起麻烦。

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His failure to keep the shopping malls open riles an elite contemptuous of the red shirts, whom they regard as an uneducated rabble paid by Mr Thaksin to stir up trouble.

他未能保障大型购物中心的营业，这激怒了蔑视红衫军的精英阶层。他们认为红衫军是缺乏教养的乌合之众，拿了他信先生的钱，故而煽风点火。

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I don't want to be the one to stir up trouble.

不想当那个挑起是非的人.

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Nor should it stir up trouble in the region, is another subliminal message.

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Mr Drace-Francis said in his telegram that the crumpled Mr Ashcroft had threatened over breakfast to stir up trouble for Britain in the Turks and Caicos Islands (thank goodness this foreign-policy calamity was averted) unless he was helped to break into the islands' banking business.

ECONOMIST: Living on his wits

Republicans accused Democrats of trying to stir up political trouble over the cuts, which they promised would not affect FEMA's ability to respond to natural disasters, in part, because the money is being diverted to other agencies -- such as the Forest Service -- to be spent on disaster response.

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