divisive

adj.

1. 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。

1. ADJ-GRADED 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.
   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。

1. 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。
2. Abortion has always been a divisive issue
   人工流产一直是个引发争议的问题。
3. A referendum would be divisive.
   公投将产生分歧。
4. 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。
5. Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America?
   美国是否存在分裂社会的问题和极度愤怒的群体？
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. That may prove divisive to our administration.
   那似乎造成了我们政府内部的分裂。
9. 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。
10. Iraq is still suffering from the divisive consequences of the US military invasion.
    伊拉克仍在遭受美国军事入侵的分裂后果。
11. Despite interest in his book, the territory's former governor remains a divisive figure.
    尽管不少人对他的书感兴趣，这位前香港总督仍然保持了制造不和谐气氛的形象。
12. Unequal treatment of siblings in an estate plan can be dangerously divisive.
    遗产规划中的不平等待遇可能引起兄弟姐妹之间的不合，这非常危险。
13. I think we can now let a long-standing and divisive debate die down.
    我想，我们现在可以结束众说纷纭、喋喋不休的辩论了。
14. But as we saw the consequences of what we had done, inevitable remorse and divisive recrimination would scar our spirit as a people.
    但是正如我们所见的结果，我们已经做了不可不免的懊悔和分裂的揭丑将会像一个人一样创伤我们的精神。
15. 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。
16. That politician is a divisive influence at meetings.
    那位政客在会议上总是起着分裂的作用。
17. Mr Sarkozy is unpopular because of his maverick, divisive style, which has aliented centrist voters.
    萨科齐之所以不受欢迎是因为他特立独行和引发分歧的行事风格，这让中间选民离他而去。
18. The obstinacy of the government over a few divisive issues presents a perpetual risk to the north-south peace accord.
    政府在一些分歧性问题上的固执表明南北和平协定的长期风险。
19. Her policies were divisive and reactionary.
    她的政治是分裂和倒行逆施。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. His is a divisive view within the antismoking lobby.
    在反对吸烟的游说阵营中，人们对他的观点有着不同意见。
23. 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。
24. In other words, this is just the sort of divisive issue Congress prefers to avoid.
    也就是说，这是一个国会更愿意回避的那种能造成尖锐对立的问题。
25. Are we exploiting a history of divisive racial struggle in this country?
    我们在利用这个国家分裂的种族斗争历史吗？
26. That is a divisive element we desperately need in our culture.
    这是分化我们迫切需要在我们的文化元素。
27. Should we therefore not expect non-eurozone countries to gang up and stop the eurozone adopting divisive policies?
    那么，我们难道不应该期待非欧元区的国家抱团、阻止欧元区采纳分裂性的政策吗？
28. 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。
29. 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。
30. This is a divisive issue.
    这是一个众说纷纭的话题。

adj

1. dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)

   Synonym:    dissentiousfactious