| 释义 | polarizepo‧lar‧ize (also polarise British English) /ˈpəʊləraɪz $ ˈpoʊ-/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal    VERB TABLEpolarize |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | polarize |  |  | he, she, it | polarizes |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | polarized |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have polarized |  |  | he, she, it | has polarized |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had polarized |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will polarize |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have polarized | 
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 | Present | I | am polarizing |  |  | he, she, it | is polarizing |  |  | you, we, they | are polarizing |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was polarizing |  |  | you, we, they | were polarizing |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been polarizing |  |  | he, she, it | has been polarizing |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been polarizing |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be polarizing |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been polarizing | 
to divide into clearly separate groups with opposite beliefs, ideas, or opinions, or to make people do this:The community has been polarized by the police brutality case.
 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.During my public career, everything I did polarized people, was controversial.Evangelism and social action are polarized instead of being integrated as a united mission agenda for the Church.In all likelihood, the racially polarized vote will reinforce Mississippi's negative image far beyond its borders.It may appear that male and female students are polarized on the basis of biology.Player salaries are similarly being polarized.The masculine and feminine positions delineated here are related to polarized versions of the two self-strategies described in previous chapters.
 The issue has polarized the country.—polarization /ˌpəʊləraɪˈzeɪʃən $ ˌpoʊlərə-/ noun [uncountable] |