1. Definition: Divisive means causing disagreement, hostility or dissension among people, groups or opinions.
2. Synonyms: Disruptive, controversial, polarizing, antagonistic, alienating.
3. Antonyms: Unifying, reconciling, harmonious, inclusive, conciliatory.
4. Usage: Divisive language or behavior is often used by politicians, media outlets or influencers to create a divide among people and gain power or influence. It can also arise in personal or professional relationships when differing opinions or values clash.
5. Connotation: Divisive has a negative connotation and is often used to criticize someone or something for causing harm or division. It suggests a lack of understanding or empathy towards different perspectives or experiences.
Example sentences:
1. The politician’s divisive rhetoric only deepened the country’s political divisions.
2. The controversial decision proved to be highly divisive among the members of the company.
3. The teacher’s divisive comments about the students created a hostile atmosphere in the clroom.
4. The media’s divisive coverage of the issue only served to fuel public outrage and conflict.
5. The sports team’s divisive behavior towards their opponents led to a reputation for being aggressive and unsportsmanlike.
divisive的中文翻译为“的、引起分歧的”。读音为[dɪˈvaɪsɪv]。
例句：
1. His divisive comments and actions caused a rift in the team.
他那些引起分歧的言论和行动使得团队出现了裂痕。
2. The issue of immigration has proven to be a divisive topic in politics.
移民问题已经被证明是上一个引起分歧的话题。
3. The new policy has been criticized for being divisive and discriminatory.
新政策因为是性和歧视性的而受到了批评。
divisive在英语中代表”导致的、区分的”的意思，还经常被翻译为造成的，在线发音：[di’vaisiv]，divisive来源于英语，在《英英汉-英英汉词典》中，共找到89个与divisive相关的例句。
1.导致的
例句:”Inequality is divisive, and even small differences seem to make an important difference, ” Professors Wilkinson and Pickett note. (“不平等是的，即使一个细微的不同似乎也能制造一个重要的分歧，”Wilkinson和Pickett教授指出。)
2.区分的
例句:Global GDP is 10 times bigger than it was in 1950 and that increase has brought prosperity to billions of people, but the global economy has also become incredibly divisive, with the vast share of returns to wealth now accruing to a fraction of the global one percent. (全球GDP是xx年的10倍， 这一增长给数十亿人带来了发展， 但全球经济也变得 令人难以置信地， 现在财富回报的巨大份额 累积到全球1%的一小部分上。)
3.造成的
例句:What divisive issue does Gaius Baltar use as an excuse to enter the presidential race against Laura Roslin? (盖尔斯·波尔塔以什么议题做理由加入了总统竞选，与罗斯林竞争。)
4.造成不和的、造成的
例句:I’m deeply disturbed by the ways in which all of our cultures are demonizing “the other,” by the voice we’re giving to the most divisive among us. (翻译:我对于通过 我们自身的文化来妖魔化那些 与己不同的文化而深感不安， 我们恶语相向， 在我们之中造成最大的分歧。)
divisive一般作为形容词使用，如在divisive issue(引起分歧的问题)、divisive rhythm(分区节奏)、divisive hierachical cering(阶层分群法)等常见短语中出现较多。
1. What divisive issue does Gaius Baltar use as an excuse to enter the presidential race against Laura Roslin? (翻译:盖尔斯·波尔塔以什么议题做理由加入了总统竞选，与罗斯林竞争。)
2. I’m deeply disturbed by the ways in which all of our cultures are demonizing “the other,” by the voice we’re giving to the most divisive among us. (翻译:我对于通过 我们自身的文化来妖魔化那些 与己不同的文化而深感不安， 我们恶语相向， 在我们之中造成最大的分歧。)
3. He knew that when the desire for personal advancement overrides concern for one another, attitudes quickly become disruptive and divisive. (翻译:他知道当个人把自己的利益放到他人之上时，纷争与就会产生。)
4. We don’t claim to have the answers, but we started experimenting with different discussions about very divisive issues, such as race, gun control, the refugee debate, relationship between Islam and terrorism. (翻译:我们没有答案， 们开始试验不同的谈话活动 关于非常有争议的问题， 比如种族、限制、 有关难民的争论、 和之间的关系， )
5. This has been the most divisive meeting the oil states have ever had. (翻译:这是欧佩克组织自成立以来 分歧最大的一次会议)
6. He believes that unemployment is socially divisive. (翻译:他认为失业会引起社会不稳定。)
7. AFTER narrowly winning a divisive presidential election, Ollanta Humala has got off to an unexpectedly calm start as Peru’s president. (翻译:在勉强赢得引起分歧的总统选举之后，秘鲁总统奥兰塔-胡马拉生涯的开端却出奇的平静。)
8. But Mount Rushmore remains divisive. (翻译:不过，拉什莫尔山仍然存有分歧。)
9. But Constantine couldn’t allow this divisive idea to split the Church and in the process, his Empire. (翻译:君士坦丁不允许这种歧见教会， 以免他的帝国也随之分崩离析。)
10. “It would be ambiguous to hide or minimize what we believe, ” he said. “It’s not meant to be divisive or polemical. ” (翻译:“隐藏或者贬低我们的信仰会让事情变得含糊不清，”他说道，“但这不意味着将挑起纷争，导致不和。”)
11. A ruling on the case of a woman known only as C has reignited the long-running and divisive abortion debate in Ireland. (翻译:一对只知道为C掀起了在爱尔兰长期运行和堕胎辩论妇女的案件作出裁决。)
12. I think the intuition that inequality is divisive and socially corrosive has been around since before the French Revolution. (翻译:我认为不平等能够引起社会和腐化的这种直觉 在法国大之前就存在了。)
13. That makes it a highly divisive issue in a nation where the political fight over abortion is still intense. (翻译:在美国这个因为堕胎而吵得不可开交的国家里，干细胞研究是一个争议很大的问题。)
14. I’m deeply disturbed by the ways in which all of our cultures are demonizing “the Other” by the voice we’re giving to the most divisive among us. (翻译:我对于通过 我们自身的文化来妖魔化那些 与己不同的文化而深感不安， 我们恶语相向， 在我们之中造成最大的分歧。)
15. This was one of the most difficult, and divisive, issues ever negotiated by WHO and its Member States. (翻译:这是世卫组织及其会员国洽商过的最困难和分歧最大的问题之一。)
