A New Yorkcolumnist lets her grade-schooler ride the subway alone, provoking a wave ofcriticism.
一个纽约专栏作家让她还在上小学的孩子独自乘坐地铁,激起了一阵批评的浪潮。
Military strikes would also risk provoking a wider conflict in a region that is already worryingly unstable.
军事打击同样会在这一已然让人忧心的不稳定地区引发更大规模的冲突。
The idea of provoking a cell-mediated response to flu is controversial, though, in part because it takes longer to start mass-producing T-cells than antibodies.
尽管如此,这种激起细胞介导的对流感的免疫应答的想法仍存在争议,部分是因为大规模生产t细胞比抗体更耗时。
Philosophy estranges us from the familiar, not by supplying new information, but by inviting and provoking a new way of seeing.
哲学让熟悉的事物变得陌生。它并不是提供新的信息,而只是引导着我们用新的方式看这些事物。
She thought for a moment, busy with her calculations. How much could she ask without shocking the thrifty husband and provoking a flat refusal?
她想了一会,脑子里飞快地盘算开来。要不吓着她那节俭的丈夫,使他不会断然拒绝,说多少才好呢?
Neither leading candidate is willing to preempt Monday's announcement by the electoral commission, for fear of provoking a reaction on the streets overnight.
任何一个候选人都不愿对周一选举委员会的公告优先发表评论,担心一夜之间引起群众的反应。
One country's preference for a given industry risks provoking a protectionist backlash abroad and will slow the long-run growth rate at home by locking up resources in inefficient firms.
当一个国家对某个产业格外偏袒,就容易激起外国以保护主义来回敬,从而导致本国的长期增长放缓,因为资源都被锁死在低效率的企业里了。
One country's preference for a given industry risks provoking a protectionist backlash abroad and will slow the long-run growth rate at home by locking up resources in inefficient firms.
当一个国家对某个产业格外偏袒,就容易激起外国以保护主义来回敬,从而导致本国的长期增长放缓,因为资源都被锁死在低效率的企业里了。
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