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

• Inequality, meanwhile, is a deeper problem, and its potential solutions remain ideologically divisive.
  与此同时，收入不均是一个更深层次的问题，各方的潜在对策依然存在意识形态上的分裂。
• This is a divisive issue.
  这是一个众说纷纭的话题。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her policies were divisive and reactionary.
  她的政治是分裂和倒行逆施。
• 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。
• That may prove divisive to our administration.
  那似乎造成了我们政府内部的分裂。
• Abortion has always been a divisive issue
  人工流产一直是个引发争议的问题。
• Otherwise we get into a divisive debate about enforcement and sanctions.
  否则我们就会陷入一场关于执法和制裁的辩论，使各方陷入不和。
• We must never forget that inflation is a tax on the poor far more than the rich, and therefore is politically and economically divisive and disruptive.
  我们决不能忘记，通胀是对穷人的重税，对富人的影响则小得多。因此，在政治上和经济上，通胀会造成不和与混乱。