But America is still capable of putting two fingers up to its banker, when the mood takes it.
不过，情绪上来时，美国仍有能耐向其出资人发起挑衅。The verdict's announcement over the U. S. holiday -- a year after the conviction -- appeared to be a calculated act of defiance.
中国在确认薛锋有罪一年后，于美国国庆日假期期间宣布对他的判决，这似乎是一个有计划的挑衅行动。"I do not think the book was written at all as a provocation, " he said. "It was written with the love and care he feels for the dishes. "
洛格先生不同意这种说法，“我认为这本书根本不能算作挑衅，”他说，“因为书里充满对美食的热爱和关怀。”The word went down from the top, she said, not to react to demonstrations or provocations from protesters or journalists.
她说，这个词从头到脚没有反应抗议者或者记者的示威和挑衅。The comet made two passes around the Sun and in 1779 again passed very close to Jupiter, which then threw it back out of the solar system.
这颗扫帚星在太阳边上逛了一下，1779年又到木星边上挑衅，这次木星把它赶回了外太阳系。She said the symbolic award would be considered a severe provocation by all Chinese people, including Tibetans.
她说，这个具有象征意义的奖励会被包括藏人在内的全体中国人民认为是严重挑衅。Your boy is bright, doesn't appear to be taking crack cocaine and is still talking to you, even if in a somewhat combative manner.
你儿子很聪明，似乎也没有吸食可卡因，而且他还会搭理你——尽管语气上多少有点儿挑衅。These bombings were widely believed to have been the work of Sunni extremists trying to kill and provoke Shias.
据信，这些爆炸是试图杀害和挑衅什叶派的逊尼派极端分子所为。Nor should you be "calling-out" traditional VC's publicly as if you are really any different for that matter.
另外，出于同样的原因，你也不能公开向传统风险资本家“挑衅”，好像你真与他们有什么不同似的。