| 单词 | balkanize |
| 释义 | Balkanize[ bawl-kuh-nahyz ] / ˈbɔl kəˌnaɪz / verb (used with object), Bal·kan·ized, Bal·kan·iz·ing.to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states. (often lowercase) to divide (groups, areas, etc.) into contending and usually ineffectual factions: a movement to balkanize minority voters. Also especially British, Bal·kan·ise . Origin of BalkanizeFirst recorded in 1915–20; Balkan + -ize OTHER WORDS FROM BalkanizeBal·kan·i·za·tion, nounBal·kan·ism, nounWords nearby Balkanizebalistraria, balk, Balkan, Balkan frame, balkanization, Balkanize, Balkan Mountains, Balkan Peninsula, Balkans, Balkan States, Balkan War Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for BalkanizeBalkanize Balkanise/ (ˈbɔːlkəˌnaɪz) / verb(tr) to divide (a territory) into small warring states to divide (a group or organization) into small factions Derived forms of BalkanizeBalkanization or Balkanisation, nounBalkanized or Balkanised, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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