[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]造成不和的;引起分歧的;制造争端的 Something that is divisive causes unfriendliness and argument between people.
Abortion has always been a divisive issue...
人工流产一直是个引发争议的问题。
A referendum would be divisive.
公投将产生分歧。
divisiveness
...the divisiveness that has separated Miami's black and Latino communities.
使迈阿密的黑人社区和拉美人社区互相疏远的分歧
Oxford
span·isive/dɪˈvaɪsɪv; NAmEdɪˈvaɪsɪv/adjective( disapproving) causing people to be split into groups that disagree with or oppose each other 造成不和的;引起分歧的;制造分裂的◆He believes that unemployment is socially spanisive.他认为失业会引起社会分化。☞see also
spanide
v. (7 )▶span·isive·ly/dɪˈvaɪsɪvli; NAmEdɪˈvaɪsɪvli/adverbspan·isive·ness/dɪˈvaɪsɪvnəs; NAmEdɪˈvaɪsɪvnəs/noun[uncountable ]span·isive/dɪˈvaɪsɪv; NAmEdɪˈvaɪsɪv/span·isive·ly/dɪˈvaɪsɪvli; NAmEdɪˈvaɪsɪvli/span·isive·ness/dɪˈvaɪsɪvnəs; NAmEdɪˈvaɪsɪvnəs/
LDC
divisivedi‧vi‧sive /dəˈvaɪsɪv/ adjective
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causing a lot of disagreement between people: The strike was a divisive issue in the community.socially/economically/politically etc divisive socially divisive policies
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divisive
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分裂的(76%),区分的(18%),不和的(6%)
adj.分裂的;区分的;造成不和的
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