这则激怒人的短讯如此迅速地在民众间流传，以致安全人员未能阻止。

The provoking SMS messages were circulated to people so fast that the security personnel could not prevent it.

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这是一种利用能够激怒人的事物抑制过度焦虑，从而恢复心脏和脾脏的功能的方法。

This is a method to restore functions of the heart and spleen by using irritating factors to restrain excessive anxiety.

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他的任务是安抚这些人，而不是激怒他们。

His duty was to conciliate the people, not to provoke them.

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