Not likely to offend or provoke to strong emotion; insipid.
平淡无味的不可能冒犯或激起强烈的情感的；
I said [did] nothing to provoke him.
我可没惹他呀！
They accused both radicals and conservatives of trying to provoke a split in the party.
他们指责激进人士和保守人士都企图挑起党内分歧。
The article was intended to provoke discussion.
这篇文章旨在引发讨论。
His duty was to conciliate the people, not to provoke them.
他的任务是安抚这些人，而不是激怒他们。
What kinds of feelings was it meant to provoke?
它是要激发人们什么样的情感呢？
别招他生气。
A CONTEMPORARY work of art can provoke outrage disproportionate to its artistic merit.
一幅当代艺术作品能够激起与其艺术价值不相称的愤怒。
Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.
你们作父亲的，不要惹儿女的气，恐怕他们失去志气。
We don't want to provoke any fights or arguments, and we don't want to rub salt in a competitor's wound.
我们不想挑起争斗或口角，我们也不想在竞争对手的伤口上撒盐。
Contract writing is not creative writing and is not meant to provoke reflective thoughts or controversies about nuances of meaning.
合同文书不是创造性的作品，也就不能因为意思的细微差别而引起思考或争论。
The problems that Frost poses are problems of interpretation, - problems that provoke you to ask not, "what does he mean exactly?"
弗罗斯特给我们的困难是翻译，是使人不发问这样的问题，“他到底要说什么？”
I'm not trying to provoke working moms guilt, since I too have trouble unplugging from work.
我并非想引起职场妈妈的罪恶感，因为我也有从工作中脱身的阻碍。
And we fulfilled our mission to provoke discussion about issues outside the literature and the laboratory.
我们履行了自己的使命，成功地激发了文献和实验室之外的讨论议题。
The announcement of redundancies seemed to provoke little enthusiasm among investors.
关于冗员的声明看来并没启发投资者多少热情。
It is also intended to provoke thought and to invite readers to do their own research and analysis.
希望通过这个总结引起大家的思考，也希望读者进行自己的研究和分析。
Simply freshening-up the smell of a room is enough to provoke a subconscious impulse towards fairness, researchers claimed.
研究人员称，仅仅改变一下房间的气味就足以引发人们对公平的下意识冲动。
Ideal for coffee shops or workspaces, the personal cabin comes integrated with a multi-lighting system to provoke different emotions according to the mood of the users.
它是咖啡馆或工作间的理想选择。私人舱里安装了多功能照明系统，可以根据使用者心情调节，以调动不同的情绪。
A small change can provoke software to break in a surprising manner and at the worst of the moments.
即使一个细微的变化，都会导致软件在最糟糕的时刻以令人莫名惊诧的方式而停止运转。
The easy assurance of the young couple, indeed, was enough to provoke him.
这一对年轻夫妇那种安然自得的样子，实在叫他生气。
By relentlessly trying not to do something, we end up thinking about it so much that we subconsciously provoke ourselves to cheat – to do the exact thing we are trying not to do.
残酷地尝试着不去做某事，我们往往禁不住去想它，以致于我们下意识地会去欺骗自己——做出我们努力想要克制不去做的事情。
Obviously, we are not trying to provoke anything there.
很显然，我们没有试图在那里进行任何挑衅。
In particular, efforts to cut waste and improve efficiency are bound to provoke some powerful resistance.
尤其是，减少浪费和提高效率的措施必然会遇到强大阻力。
In particular, efforts to cut waste and improve efficiency are bound to provoke some powerful resistance.
尤其是，减少浪费和提高效率的措施必然会遇到强大阻力。
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