divisive

英 [dɪˈvaɪsɪv]

美 [dɪˈvaɪsɪv]

adj.  造成不和的; 引起分歧的; 制造分裂的

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Collins.1 / BNC.14859 / COCA.9881

牛津词典

adj.

• 造成不和的；引起分歧的；制造分裂的
  causing people to be split into groups that disagree with or oppose each other
  1. He believes that unemployment is socially divisive.
     他认为失业会引起社会不稳定。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 造成不和的;引起分歧的;制造争端的
  Something that isdivisivecauses unfriendliness and argument between people.
  1. Abortion has always been a divisive issue...
     人工流产一直是个引发争议的问题。
  2. A referendum would be divisive.
     公投将产生分歧。

英英释义

adj

• dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
  Synonym:dissentiousfactious

双语例句

• Mr Blair is particularly controversial, but any high-profile European president would be a divisive figure.
  虽然对于布莱尔的争议特别大，但任何引人瞩目的欧洲领导人都会引发分歧。
• This is not a new policy, but a debate on the Roma is building and increasingly divisive.
  这并不是新出台的政策，但是关于吉普赛人的辩论逐渐出现，而且分化越来越严重。
• On such highly divisive issues you must strive to remain objective.
  在这样高度分歧的问题上，你必须力求保持客观。
• I hope that we have all rejected divisive barriers which separated us in the past.
  我希望我们大家都摈弃了过去把我们分开的种种障碍。
• That may prove divisive to our administration.
  那似乎造成了我们政府内部的分裂。
• All this can lead to divisive family arguments to which guilt is a major contributor.
  所有这些都能导致家庭意见不和，而内疚是其中的主要因素。
• It is difficult to unravel the origins of the divisive feuds among grown-ups that afflict institutions of education.
  很难解开大人的分裂争斗的起源困扰的教育机构。
• This country still had a deeply oppressive, unequal and divisive political system.
  这个国家的政治体制依然残暴异常，缺少平等，四分五裂。
• Outsourcing has become a divisive issue in the UK as more financial services companies have moved jobs overseas.
  随着更多金融服务公司将工作转移到海外，在英国，外包已变为一个具有争议性的问题。
• A referendum would be divisive.
  公投将产生分歧。