polarize

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po·lar·ize (also polarise British English) /ˈpəʊləraɪz $ ˈpoʊ-/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] formal

SEPARATEto divide into clearly separate groups with opposite beliefs, ideas, or opinions, or to make people do this （使）两极分化

The issue has polarized the country.

这个问题使整个国家变得两极化。

—polarization /ˌpəʊləraɪˈzeɪʃən $ ˌpoʊlərə-/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

polarize• Player salaries are similarly being polarized.• The community has been polarized by the police brutality case.• Evangelism and social action are polarized instead of being integrated as a united mission agenda for the Church.• It may appear that male and female students are polarized on the basis of biology.• During my public career, everything I did polarized people, was controversial.• A second election was held and a new Duma convened in 1907, but it was even more polarized than its predecessor.• And the argument over Manchester polarized the two ends of the company.• The masculine and feminine positions delineated here are related to polarized versions of the two self-strategies described in previous chapters.• In all likelihood, the racially polarized vote will reinforce Mississippi's negative image far beyond its borders.

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TOEFL BNC: 22330 COCA: 12148

polarize