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divisive adj.不和的；分裂的；区分的 (1) 她的政治是分裂和倒行逆施。(2) 那位政治家在会议上的影响是分歧的。 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."

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英 [dɪ'vaɪsɪv] 美 [dɪ'vaɪsɪv] (1) Her policies were divisive and reactionary.(2) That politician is a divisive influence at meetings. 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! 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	英 [dɪ'vaɪsɪv] 美 [dɪ'vaɪsɪv]
中文释义	adj.不和的；分裂的；区分的
英语例句	(1) Her policies were divisive and reactionary. (2) That politician is a divisive influence at meetings.
中文例句	(1) 她的政治是分裂和倒行逆施。 (2) 那位政治家在会议上的影响是分歧的。
vocabulary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!
vocabulary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."
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

Divisive People Make Words Means Things 英 Dɪ'Vaɪsɪv] 美