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单词 divide and rule
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divide and rule

phrase
You use divide and rule to refer to a policy which is intended to keep someone in a position of power by causing disagreements between people who might otherwise unite against them.
[disapproval]
Ministers will offer inducements to some, in an attempt to divide and rule.
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Examples of 'divide and rule' in a sentence
divide and rule

But divide and rule cannot be our only policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Their aim is to spread fear and to divide and rule.
The Sun (2015)
Divide and rule is the tactic: as crude as it could be effective.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We are in the land of divide and rule.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Beijing's move is also a clever 'divide and rule' tactic.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Its strategy is simple: divide and rule.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But you are playing into a 'divide and rule' agenda.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Doubtless many of their teachers will discern a strategy of divide and rule.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Ministers will offer inducements to some, in an attempt to divide and rule.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The principle here is: divide and rule.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
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