The painting is provocative (what makes it art? ), but also visually arresting.

幅油画存些争议（有人认为它算不上是艺术），但确实引人注。

Has to be? Has to be? I hope you're being deliberately provocative.

定要样吗？定要吗？我希望你只是故意煽动和挑拨。

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the launches would be provocative.

美国国务卿迈克·蓬佩奥表示，发射航天火箭的行为极具挑衅性。

Holding the referendum in disputed areas is particularly provocative and destabilizing.

有争议的地区举行公投尤为具有挑衅性，会破坏地区稳定。

But the country never took any provocative action in response.

但是个国家从未以任挑衅行动还以颜色。

The paraben issue is a very provocative topic.

对羟基苯甲酸酯问题是个非常具有挑衅性的话题。

Provoking ads or provocative ads are usually very shocking.

煽动性广告或挑衅性广告通常非常令人震惊。

However, these 5 provocative art exhibitions proved to be more than just temporary art displays.

然而，事实证明，5个具有煽动性的艺术展览不仅仅是临时的艺术展览。

It is at this point that the book becomes provocative.

正是点上，本书变得有争议性。

That question has never been more pressing, or more provocative.

个问题从未像现样不容忽视，也从未像现样引人深思。

By turns philosophical and polemical, this is a provocative and fascinating book.

时而富有哲理，时而充满争议，是本发人深省且引人入胜的书。

And the people claiming anything other than a binary gender are just being provocative.

而那些声称自己不是二元性别的人（非二元性）只是挑衅。

Russia's Foreign Ministry has called it unfriendly and provocative and promised to retaliate.

俄罗斯外交部称各国的行为极不友好，带有挑衅意味，并承诺要给予回击。

A researcher at Africa Check, Kate Wilkinson, warns against provocative statements and misleading data.

“非洲检查”组织的研究员凯特? 威尔金森对挑衅性言论和误导性数据进行了警告。

He will discuss with Japan how to address the DPRK's provocative actions.

他将同日本商议如解决朝鲜的激进行为。

He told the AP he understands the piece's popularity because it is highly provocative.

他告诉美联社，他理解幅作品的受欢迎程度，因为它非常具有挑衅性。

A spokesman condemned the move as provocative.

名发言人谴责举动是挑衅行为。

Use intriguing, provocative questions to identify why something doesn't make sense and needs explaining.

提些耐人寻味，引人入胜的问题让大家发现有些事情 不合理，需要解释。

" It is a provocative term, " said Aniket Shah.

阿尼克特·沙阿说：“是个具有挑衅性的词”。

Qin Gang called the trip reckless and provocative.

秦刚称此行是鲁莽的、挑衅的。