单词 | divide and conquer |
释义 | divide and conquerAlso, divide and govern or rule. Win by getting one's opponents to fight among themselves. For example, Divide and conquer was once a very successful policy in sub-Saharan Africa. This expression is a translation of the Latin maxim, Divide et impera (“divide and rule”), and began to appear in English about 1600. Words nearby divide and conquerdive table, divi, divid., dividable, divide, divide and conquer, divided, divided highway, dividend, dividend cover, dividend on The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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