polarise

1. The green debate tends to polarise into science-as-saviour versus science-as-devil camps.
   有关环保的辩论往往会分化成“科学是救星”和“科学是恶魔”两个阵营。
2. Mr Najib and his party must resist the temptation to polarise the country or to clamp down on its freedoms in the cause of narrow political interests.
   纳吉布和他的政党必须抵御住诱惑，不能为了狭隘的政治利益而让马来西亚国民陷入严重对立或是钳制该国自由。
3. But the industry may polarise between the best investment firms and the best institutional houses.
   但对冲基金业可能会出现两极分化，一边是最好的投资公司，一边是最好的机构投资者。
4. If things polarise into a huge power struggle, swamps will become vampires, turning every little thing into an issue about themselves.
   如果情况进入两极化到了极端的权力斗争，沼泽会变成一个吸血僵尸，把所有的小事情变成他们索取的工具。
5. It is precisely this issue that continues to divide and even polarise my country most profoundly.
   正是这一问题让我的国家继续分化，甚至是最深刻的极化。
6. In any relationship, people polarise into two positions;
   在任何的关系里面，人们会偏向两个极端。
7. Economic crises usually polarise the political debate.
   经济危机通常会使政治辩论两极化。

verb

1. become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation

   Synonym:    polarize

2. cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions

   Synonym:    polarize

3. cause to vibrate in a definite pattern
   1. polarize light waves

   Synonym:    polarize