He hopes to draw closer to America, but also wants to avoid antagonising China, his country's largest trading partner.

他希望拉近与美国的，也希望避激怒最大的贸易伙伴中国。

And he's worried that whichever gets the job will antagonise the other's supporters and split the party.

他担心，不管谁当上都会敌对另一方的支持者，因此导致党派分裂。

You don't want to antagonise them further.

你不想一步激怒他们。

Zelensky emphasised his gratitude and he tried hard not to antagonise Trump any further.

泽连斯基强调了他的感激之情，并努力避一步激怒特朗普。

Mr Trump then seemed to question the United Nations' very existence and I guess the question is what is Donald Trump's aim in antagonising the UN like this, especially doing it in front of them, in their lounge effectively?

特朗普随后似乎质疑了联合国的存在意义， 我想问题是， 唐纳德·特朗普这样与联合国作对，尤其是在他们面前，实际上是在他们的地盘上， 他的目的是什么？

The French were not prepared to fight an offensive war, bombing Germany would merely invite retaliatory attacks which would undermine British rearmament, and intervention of any sort would antagonise the Soviet Union.

法国无意发性战争，轰炸德国只会招致报复性打击， 削弱英国的重整军备；而任何形式的干预都会激怒苏联。

He was antagonising the king at the time, Edward II, who was a relation of his and so Thomas thought, I need a place to be able to run to.

他在当时激怒了国王爱德华二世，而爱德华二世还是他的亲戚，所以托马斯心想，我需要一个能逃跑的地方。

The IMF's economists have long feared that such a step would antagonise problem creditors, which are also countries with stakes in the fund itself.

国际货币基金组织的经济学家长期以来一直担心， 这样的举措会激化问题债权人，而这些债权人本身也是该基金的利益相关国。