If something polarizes people or if something polarizes, two separate groups are formed with opposite opinions or positions.
例句
Missile deployment did much to further polarize opinion in Britain...在英國，導彈部署極大地導致了意見進一步分化。As the car rental industry polarizes, business will go to the bigger companies...隨著汽車租賃業的兩極分化，生意將流向較大的公司。
英漢詞典釋義
vi.
使分化為不同的看法
Public opinion polarized into completely opposite opinions on the issue of mercy killing.公眾輿論在安樂死這一問題上分化成了完全不同的對立觀點。
英英詞典釋義
Verb
1. cause to vibrate in a definite pattern;
"polarize light waves"
2. cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions
3. become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation