Abortion has always been a divisive issue.

堕胎一直是个有争议的问题。

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But he was a divisive figure, not an epitome of Polish greatness.

但是，他虽曾是一位举足轻重的人物，却不是波兰伟大的缩影。

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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。

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Until the measure becomes law, medical testing on chimpanzees will continue to be a highly divisive, and hotly debated,issue.

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Religion can be a divisive tool, but it can also be one allows for dialogue, allows for conversation.

宗教有时是分割彼此的因素，有时也是,允许更多对话交流的工具。

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We should be approaching young people, encouraging them to engage, cross our religious boundaries and engage constructively with the same sort of sense of purpose that al-Qaeda recruits young people with a destructive divisive ideology.

我们应该靠近青年人，鼓励他们参与这项事业，跨越宗教界线,鼓励他们具有建设性地参与其中,带着与基地组织招募拥有破坏性的,分裂的意识形态的青年人时有的目的感。

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"I think that empty chair beside Alex Maskey shows how isolated and divisive a figure he is, " he said.

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But it must not be too divisive a figure.

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For centuries, culture has been as often a divisive as a unifying force.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne