divisive
/dɪˈvaɪsɪv/adjective
- tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people引起分歧的; 引起敌意的:
the highly divisive issue of abortion.
争议很大的堕胎问题。
派生词
divisively
adverbdivisiveness
noun词源
mid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting something that divides or separates): from late Latin divisivus, from Latin dividere (see DIVIDE).