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divisive adj.区分的,不和的,分裂的 The adjective divisive is related to the verb divide, which means "to separate things or pull them apart." Divisive things divide. That's why it's best to avoid potentially divisive topics like politics if you believe you are in the company of people who have differing opinions. Don't confuse divisive with decisive, which means "able to make decisions" and "unmistakable, beyond a doubt." ★☆☆☆☆ 2006.1

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[di'vaisiv] If you say something that is intended to make people angry with each other, your words are divisive. For example, saying "only stupid people like dogs" are words divisive enough to get people fighting mad — at you! Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America? 1[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

英语单词	divisive
英美音标	[di'vaisiv]
中文释义	adj.区分的,不和的,分裂的
vocab简明	If you say something that is intended to make people angry with each other, your words are divisive. For example, saying "only stupid people like dogs" are words divisive enough to get people fighting mad — at you!
vocab扩展	The adjective divisive is related to the verb divide, which means "to separate things or pull them apart." Divisive things divide. That's why it's best to avoid potentially divisive topics like politics if you believe you are in the company of people who have differing opinions. Don't confuse divisive with decisive, which means "able to make decisions" and "unmistakable, beyond a doubt."
真题原句	Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America?
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [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
来源	2006.1

Divisive People Make Words Means Things Di'vaisiv Adj.区分的,不和的,分裂的