1. Such tendentious statements are likely to provoke strong opposition.
    这种有倾向性 的说法可能招致强烈的反对.

2. So when my darling wife arrived at the airport in Washington, she wasn't wearing her wedding band, lest it provoke inconvenient questions.
    所以当我的爱妻到达华盛顿的机场时，她没有戴她的结婚戒指，惟恐它会引起令人难堪的问题。