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"It would be ambiguous to hide or minimize what we believe, " he said. "It's not meant to be divisive or polemical. "

“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。”

Wealth is nothing to be ashamed of. It can be a divisive issue, but is a natural occurrence within today's world economy.

富有并不可耻，但对于财富的处理是仁者见仁，今天的世界经济中这种智者见智的现象是自然不过的了。

That makes it a highly divisive issue in a nation where the political fight over abortion is still intense.

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。

Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him.

分门结党的人，警戒过一两次，就要弃绝他。

The pressure of trying to deal with a dysfunctional, divisive and aggressive serial bully causes everyone's behaviour to decline.

要对付一个不正常、分裂性的、侵犯的连环欺负者会让每个人的行为层次下降。

This was one of the most difficult, and divisive, issues ever negotiated by WHO and its Member States.

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。

A ruling on the case of a woman known only as C has reignited the long-running and divisive abortion debate in Ireland.

一对只知道为C掀起了在爱尔兰长期运行和分裂堕胎辩论妇女的案件作出裁决。

Affirmative action has been a divisive issue in the United States for close to thirty years.

扶持行动已接近30年来在美国分裂的问题。

Was it a mistake to work so hard on a divisive health bill instead of the economy and, especially, job creation?

不遗余力的去推进一个引起不和的医疗议案，而不是把更多的精力放在经济上，更进一步，尤其是创造工作机会，这样做是个错吗？

HE LEAVES the White House as one of the least popular and most divisive presidents in American history.

他即将离开白宫，成为美国历史上最不受欢迎也最具争议的一任总统。

But disagreements between the men appear to be mounting, and Mr. Khodorkovsky's case seems to be particularly divisive.

但是两人之间的分歧似乎日渐加深，并且霍多尔科夫斯一案有可能让两人分道扬镳。

Mr Obama's response was just as divisive, attempting to play-off the rest of America against cruel Republicans and the wealthy.

奥巴马的反应同样具有分裂作用，他试图挑拨美国其余民众与冷酷的共和党和富人们对抗。

Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America? Indeed. It is big enough to have a bit of everything.

在美国不和潜在的不安？答案是肯定的，而且问题的严重性足以超越事宜。

Last week, Obama accused McCain and President Bush of what he called dishonest and divisive attacks over his willingness to talk to Iran.

上星期，奥巴马批评麦凯恩和布什有关他愿意同伊朗会谈的攻击是不诚实的，具有分裂性质。

"A voluntary approach is preferable to a statutory one. Otherwise we get into a divisive debate about enforcement and sanctions. "

“自愿的行为准则要比法定行为准则更为可取。否则我们就会陷入一场关于执法和制裁的辩论，使各方陷入不和。”

As a lecturer, he gave clear and even-handed presentations in a field that can be confusing and divisive.

作为一个讲师，不论主题多么繁复，他都表达清晰而且熟练；

He knew that when the desire for personal advancement overrides concern for one another, attitudes quickly become disruptive and divisive.

他知道当个人把自己的利益放到他人之上时，纷争与分裂就会产生。

And yet, it has only been in the last couple of weeks that the discussion of race in this campaign has taken a particularly divisive turn.

但是，只是在最近几个星期里，这次竞选中有关种族的讨论才变得特别具有分裂性。

"Inequality is divisive, and even small differences seem to make an important difference, " Professors Wilkinson and Pickett note.

“不平等是分裂的，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。

There was no immediate mention of oil and gas exploration, potentially the most divisive issue.

像油气资源探测这类潜在性的最容易引起不和的问题并没有很快提及。