divisions

/dɪˈvɪʒənz/· noun

政治/外交/军事B1

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Chinese meaning

分fēn歧qí；不bù合hé

意yì见jiàn分fēn歧qí、不bù合hé

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欧ōu盟méng内nèi部bù对duì移yí民mín危wēi机jī应yìng对duì的de分fēn歧qí

Example

The EU is to hold an urgent meeting of interior ministers on Tuesday amid continued divisions in the bloc over the arrival of more than 50,000 migrants in the Spanish territory of Ceuta in north Africa.

由yóu于yú欧ōu盟méng内nèi部bù在zài逾yú5万wàn名míng移yí民mín抵dǐ达dá西xī班bān牙yá北běi非fēi属shǔ地dì休xiū达dá一yī事shì上shàng持chí续xù存cún在zài分fēn歧qí，欧ōu盟méng将jiāng于yú周zhōu二èr召zhào开kāi内nèi政zhèng部bù长zhǎng紧jǐn急jí会huì议yì。

Source: The Guardian · 1 Aug 2026

Background ✎

逾yú5万wàn移yí民mín涌yǒng入rù西xī班bān牙yá属shǔ地dì休xiū达dá，欧ōu盟méng因yīn内nèi部bù分fēn歧qí召zhào开kāi内nèi政zhèng部bù长zhǎng紧jǐn急jí会huì议yì。

Roots · etymology

源自拉丁 dividere（分开、划分）+ -io 名词后缀

divis-(拉丁动词 dividere 的过去分词词干 divis-)+ -ion(名词后缀,表状态)+ -s(复数)

Collocations

deep divisions / divisions within the party / divisions over policy

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